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November 23, 2021

Purposeful Memoir as a Quest for a Thriving Future

McIntyre Amy

By Jennifer Browdy. Green Fire Press, 2021.

In Purposeful Memoir as a Quest for a Thriving Future, award-winning author Jennifer Browdy weaves her own story together with the purposeful memoirs of more than 15 writer-activists, including Wangari Maathai, Jane Goodall  and Terry Tempest Williams. Eight essays explore positive qualities needed to create a thriving future, accompanied by writing prompts designed to engage readers in the contemplative practice of purposeful memoir: exploring individual and collective history with the goal of understanding the present more fully, ...