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The Believer

By: Sarah Krasnostein
Narrated by: Jennifer Vuletic
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Summary
 From the award-winning author of The Trauma Cleaner comes an exploration of the power of belief.
This book is about ghosts and gods and flying saucers and certainty in the absence of knowledge. Weaving together the stories of six extraordinary ordinary people, The Believer looks at the stories we tell ourselves to deal with the distance between the world as it is, and the world as we’d like it to be. How they can stunt us – or save us.
Some of the people you will meet believe in things most people don’t. Ghosts. UFOs. Heaven and the Devil. The literal creation of the universe in six days.
Others believe in things most people would like to. Dying with autonomy. Facing one’s own transgressions with an open heart.
Intensely personal and gorgeously written Krasnostein talks with her characteristic compassion and empathy to these believers – and finds out what happens when their beliefs crash into her own.
“A philosophical meditation on all aspects of faith and self-delusion, with the elegant phrasing of ideas that made The Trauma Cleaner such a delight.” GUARDIAN
“The author has the rare combination of skills that allows her to not only build enough trust and rapport with her interview subjects that they will reveal intimate details about their lives, but to also distil a person down to their essence and put that on the page in a way that is simultaneously informative, sensitive and enthralling…the true strength of The Believer is in each compellingly rendered story…[Those] who liked The Trauma Cleaner or Ramona Koval’s A Letter To Layla will find much to appreciate in The Believer.’ BOOKS+PUBLISHING©2021 Sarah Krasnostein (P)2021 W. F. Howes Ltd Compassion Heartfelt Ghost Parapsychology Haunted
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Can certainly write!! Intellectually on.
For the curious.

Two different themes.
Probably two different books.
Terrific none-the-less

Do read

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Powerfully and poetically written. Enthralling. A work that covers so many genres. I loved every minute of this novel that is read superbly.
Can’t go wrong here.
Brilliant

A must read.

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This book surprised me a bit. It wasn't a run-of-the-mill comparison of different belief systems, it was the personal story of each person in the book and a description of their lives and beliefs, many of which are outside the "norm". Brilliantly written, as are all the other Sarah Krasnostein books I've listened to, and the narration was perfect and kind in its delivery. Highly recommended.

Fascinating insights, brilliant narration.

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the reader of this book has the most condescending accents I've ever heard. her voice for the female America character sounds like an aged, drunken frat girl. The condescension is at odds with the theme of tje book. if you can suffer through that you will enjoy it.

interesting book awfully read

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