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Stumbling Toward the Buddha

by Dawn Downey ...

What do you learn, when you revisit long-held assumptions about your past? When Dawn Downey examines essays she wrote in 2014, she gains insights into the workings of her mind. Her old resentments shapeshift into empathy. She recognizes a relationship with the natural world that she'd kept hidden from herself. She transcends the artificial binaries of death vs life and you vs me. Downey invites us ... Read more

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What do you learn, when you revisit long-held assumptions about your past? When Dawn Downey examines essays she wrote in 2014, she gains insights into the workings of her mind. Her old resentments shapeshift into empathy. She recognizes a relationship with the natural world that she'd kept hidden from herself. She transcends the artificial binaries of death vs life and you vs me. Downey invites us
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Blindsided: Essays from the Only Black Woman in the Room

by Dawn Downey ...

How does a black woman maintain her sense of self, when most of her friends are white? In public spaces and private, Dawn Downey is under attack by an onslaught of microaggressions. She struggles to find balance between personal relationships and personal integrity. In the process, she unconsciously takes on characteristics of the privileged. But after a photo of a racist toy shows up in her ... Read more

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How does a black woman maintain her sense of self, when most of her friends are white? In public spaces and private, Dawn Downey is under attack by an onslaught of microaggressions. She struggles to find balance between personal relationships and personal integrity. In the process, she unconsciously takes on characteristics of the privileged. But after a photo of a racist toy shows up in her
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Searching for My Heart: Essays about Love

by Dawn Downey ...

You're not alone.Hollow words for any tender soul smiling through the day while hiding a deep sense of loneliness.For such a soul—like Dawn Downey—the friendliest encounter becomes an exercise in alienation. In her essay titled, "A Traveler's Tale," she describes a stroll through her neighborhood."A dust mop of a puppy bounded toward me, her brush tail slicing the air with 'hello come play' and a ... Read more

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You're not alone.Hollow words for any tender soul smiling through the day while hiding a deep sense of loneliness.For such a soul—like Dawn Downey—the friendliest encounter becomes an exercise in alienation. In her essay titled, "A Traveler's Tale," she describes a stroll through her neighborhood."A dust mop of a puppy bounded toward me, her brush tail slicing the air with 'hello come play' and a
... Read more
From Dawn to Daylight: Essays

by Dawn Downey ...

Walk with Dawn Downey, as she observes her world. "I missed my walk today. My feet left the house, but I lingered inside my mind, composing a grocery list. In my absence, maybe my feet admired the willow around the corner, or reassured the hound dogs that bayed a warning from behind their fence." Gardening, yoga, and popular culture also make appearances in these chapters. Downey's take is ... Read more

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Walk with Dawn Downey, as she observes her world. "I missed my walk today. My feet left the house, but I lingered inside my mind, composing a grocery list. In my absence, maybe my feet admired the willow around the corner, or reassured the hound dogs that bayed a warning from behind their fence." Gardening, yoga, and popular culture also make appearances in these chapters. Downey's take is
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Stumbling Toward the Buddha: Stories about Tripping over My Principles on the Road to Transformation

by Dawn Downey ...

How does one embrace spirituality, when life is messy? Dawn Downey comes to a startling revelation: a difficult childhood was more than that. There was abuse. When she confronts family history, years of depression and splintered relationships finally make sense. As a seeker, she accepts her past and finds friendship, compassion, and joy. ... Read more

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How does one embrace spirituality, when life is messy? Dawn Downey comes to a startling revelation: a difficult childhood was more than that. There was abuse. When she confronts family history, years of depression and splintered relationships finally make sense. As a seeker, she accepts her past and finds friendship, compassion, and joy.
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Blindsided

Essays from the Only Black Woman in the Room

by Dawn Downey ...

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2 hours 50 min

We strive for authenticity, but expediency often demands we suppress our true feelings.Dawn Downey struggles to find her genuine self, as she navigates her white surroundings. She wages an internal war, her intuition recognizing bigotry and her intellect wanting—needing—to deny it. At the end of any given day, she is angry. She is weary. She despairs.“You get to hopeless by sinking,” she tells us. ... Read more

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We strive for authenticity, but expediency often demands we suppress our true feelings.Dawn Downey struggles to find her genuine self, as she navigates her white surroundings. She wages an internal war, her intuition recognizing bigotry and her intellect wanting—needing—to deny it. At the end of any given day, she is angry. She is weary. She despairs.“You get to hopeless by sinking,” she tells us.
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Searching for My Heart

by Dawn Downey ...

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"You're not alone." Hollow words for any tender soul smiling through the day while hiding a deep sense of loneliness. For such a soul--like Dawn Downey--the friendliest encounter becomes an exercise in alienation. Through the stories in Searching for My Heart, Downey investigates why she feels left out, returning to themes of alienation, shame, and the self-awareness that leads to love. Downey is ... Read more

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"You're not alone." Hollow words for any tender soul smiling through the day while hiding a deep sense of loneliness. For such a soul--like Dawn Downey--the friendliest encounter becomes an exercise in alienation. Through the stories in Searching for My Heart, Downey investigates why she feels left out, returning to themes of alienation, shame, and the self-awareness that leads to love. Downey is
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Stumbling Toward the Buddha: Stories about Tripping over My Principles on the Road to Transformation

by Dawn Downey ...

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6 hours 7 min

In this spiritual memoir, Dawn Downey chronicles a journey that leads her from revelations at a Buddhist monastery to transcendence at a Baptist church. She loses her way in the foothills of California and discovers oneness in the high desert of Colorado. En route, she uncovers the cause of her lifelong depression: childhood abuse. A story for everyone who loves inspiration mixed with humor. ... Read more

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In this spiritual memoir, Dawn Downey chronicles a journey that leads her from revelations at a Buddhist monastery to transcendence at a Baptist church. She loses her way in the foothills of California and discovers oneness in the high desert of Colorado. En route, she uncovers the cause of her lifelong depression: childhood abuse. A story for everyone who loves inspiration mixed with humor.
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From Dawn to Daylight: Essays

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Narrated by Dawn Downey ...

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3 hours 41 min

Dawn Downey's second collection of essays is for everyone who savors down-to-earth stories with a twist of wisdom. Deeply honest and deeply personal, her observations are laced with quirky insights and self-deprecating humor. She draws inspiration from the flu, the garden, bad knees and bad TV. She explores larger themes of loss and estrangement, while retaining a youthful outlook on the vagaries ... Read more

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Dawn Downey's second collection of essays is for everyone who savors down-to-earth stories with a twist of wisdom. Deeply honest and deeply personal, her observations are laced with quirky insights and self-deprecating humor. She draws inspiration from the flu, the garden, bad knees and bad TV. She explores larger themes of loss and estrangement, while retaining a youthful outlook on the vagaries
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At the Bottom of Everything

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by Ben Dolnick ...

A stunning novel offriendship, guilt, and madness: two friends, torn apart by a terrible secret, and the dark adventure that neither of them could have ever conceived.It’s been ten years since the “incident,” and Adam has long since decided he’s better off without his former best friend, Thomas. Adam is working as a tutor, sleeping with the mother of a student, spending lonely nights looking up ... Read more

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A stunning novel offriendship, guilt, and madness: two friends, torn apart by a terrible secret, and the dark adventure that neither of them could have ever conceived.It’s been ten years since the “incident,” and Adam has long since decided he’s better off without his former best friend, Thomas. Adam is working as a tutor, sleeping with the mother of a student, spending lonely nights looking up
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Dirty Kids

Chasing Freedom with America's Nomads

by Chris Urquhart, Kitra Cahana ...

"[A] fascinating debut . . . documenting the lives of teenage runaways who traverse America as part of a freewheeling counterculture." — Publishers WeeklyAt age twenty-two, writer Chris Urquhart left a life of middle-class comfort to document the lives of these young nomads for a magazine feature. Captivated, she followed them for three more years. In honest prose interspersed with photographs ... Read more

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"[A] fascinating debut . . . documenting the lives of teenage runaways who traverse America as part of a freewheeling counterculture." — Publishers WeeklyAt age twenty-two, writer Chris Urquhart left a life of middle-class comfort to document the lives of these young nomads for a magazine feature. Captivated, she followed them for three more years. In honest prose interspersed with photographs
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Please Don't Go Before I Get Better

by Madisen Kuhn ...

Discover this exquisite poetry and prose collection about the pains of growing up from the popular millennial Instagram poet, perfect for fans of Amanda Lovelace and Rupi Kaur.Following her breakout debut Eighteen Years, poet Madisen Kuhn is thrilled to share this intimate portrait of a young woman navigating early adulthood and leaving her teenage years behind.Chronicling the complexities, joys, ... Read more

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Discover this exquisite poetry and prose collection about the pains of growing up from the popular millennial Instagram poet, perfect for fans of Amanda Lovelace and Rupi Kaur.Following her breakout debut Eighteen Years, poet Madisen Kuhn is thrilled to share this intimate portrait of a young woman navigating early adulthood and leaving her teenage years behind.Chronicling the complexities, joys,
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