{"product_id":"finding-magic-a-love-story-isbn-9780062315519","title":"Finding Magic: A Love Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe author, journalist, television commentator, and longtime Washington insider reflects on the spiritual quest that has brought deeper meaning to her life—and kept her grounded within the high-powered political world of Washington, D.C.’s elite—her renowned writing career, her celebrity marriage, and her legendary role as doyenne of the capital’s social scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this emotionally involving, illuminating memoir, the legendary \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e journalist, and author talks candidly about her life at the white-hot center of power and the surprising spiritual quest that has driven her for more than half a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile working as a reporter, caring for a learning-disabled son with her husband, longtime \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e executive editor Benjamin Bradlee, reigning over the capital’s social scene, and remaining intimately connected with national politics, Sally Quinn yearned to understand what truly made the world—and her life—tick. After years of searching, most of which occurring in the secular capital of the world, she came to realize that the time she spent with friends and family—the evenings of shared hospitality and intimate fellowship—provided spiritual nourishment and that this theme has been woven into all the most important moments of her life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this spiritual memoir, Quinn speaks frankly about her varied, provocative spiritual experiences—from her Southern family of Presbyterians and psychics, to voodoo lessons from her Baptist nanny, her trials as a hospitalized military kid in Japan as the Korean War begins, to her adventures as a \u003cem\u003ePost\u003c\/em\u003e reporter and columnist and her experience as one of the first female news anchors on national television; her battles with the Nixon administration, Watergate, and other scandals that have rocked the nation; her courtship and long marriage to one of the most authoritative figures in the media; her role as the capital’s most influential hostess; and her growing fascination with religious issues. This fascination led to her pioneering work in creating the most visited religious site on the web, OnFaith.co, where she reports on the unseen driving force of American life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout this radiant, thoughtful, and surprisingly intimate memoir, Quinn reveals how \"it’s all magic\"—the many forms of what draws us together and provides meaning to all we do. Her roller coaster and irreverent but surprisingly spiritual story allows us to see how the infinite wonder of God and the values of meaningful conversation, experience, and community are available to us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFinding Magic\u003c\/em\u003e includes 16 pages of exclusive photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eIn this emotional, inviting, and illuminating memoir, Sally Quinn—journalist, television commentator, and longtime Washington insider—reveals the late-in-life discovery that her entire life could best be understood as a spiritual quest. Quinn takes us through the many stages of her spiritual awakening: summers spent as a child with her Scots Presbyterian family in the South, where she learned voodoo from the household staff; her trials as a hospitalized military child in Japan during the Korean war; her education at twenty-two different schools; her adventures as a \u003cem\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/em\u003ereporter; her short tenure as the first female network anchor on the \u003cem\u003eCBS Morning News; \u003c\/em\u003eher falling in love with the \u003cem\u003ePost’\u003c\/em\u003es executive editor Ben Bradlee; her caring for a learning- disabled son; and her keeping vigil during her beloved husband’s illness and death. These varied and intense experiences birthed a fascination with religion that led to her creating the popular website \u003cem\u003eOn Faith, \u003c\/em\u003ean online community for faith and spirituality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuinn’s roller-coaster, irreverent, and candid story provides a surprising lens into what it means to live life full of passion, grace, and love. Throughout this radiant, thoughtful, and startlingly intimate memoir, she brings to light how each of us—if we possess the heart and mind to look for it throughout our lives—can find magic all along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Get ready to be surprised. From putting hexes on her foes to walking labyrinths, Quinn takes us along on her own journey through what George Eliot called the ‘dim lights and tangled circumstance’ of life. In a word, she’s always seeking, and usually finds, magic. Revealing, eloquent, and heartfelt.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Lion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sally Quinn’s memoir is, like her, utterly unique: a glorious, rollicking, captivating ride through the worlds of journalism, politics, and culture that takes us across the globe but finally leads us to the most important destination of all: the heart.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Martin, SJ, author of Jesus: A Pilgrimage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This powerful memoir is a testament to both a love of magic and the magic of love. I was always intrigued by Sally Quinn and now I know why.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarianne Williamson, New York Times bestselling author of Tears to Triumph and A Return to Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e exec editor Ben Bradlee’s widow Sally Quinn—TV reporter, DC monitor, knower of every pol’s every secret, military child in 22 schools, student of the occult, voodoo, magic, astrology, tarot, palmistry, Ouija, etc—finds her magic.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePage Six\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Get ready to be surprised—and fascinated. In this revealing, eloquent, and heartfelt memoir, Sally Quinn, consummate chronicler of an elite Washington of which she is an elemental part, tells her story through the lens of her lifelong search—sometimes conscious, sometimes inadvertent—for meaning and for happiness.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Lion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e journalist reflects on the spiritual quest that has brought deeper meaning to her life, and kept her grounded within the high-powered political world of Washington, D.C.’s elite.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A sort of \u003cem\u003eEat Pray Love \u003c\/em\u003efor the \u003cem\u003eThis Town \u003c\/em\u003eset, [Sally Quinn’s \u003cem\u003eFinding Magic\u003c\/em\u003e] offers an intimate, at times painful look inside her exceedingly public life.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washingtonian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Openly, and in a highly readable way, she tells her life story.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Captivating.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOm Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A grieving widow and devoted mother to a son who has known many challenges, her writing about these most important relationships in her life hints at the depth and breadth of her exploration of human suffering and renewal. . . . Quinn’s memoir is ultimately a love story.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sally Quinn’s shocking next act: she’s become a champion of spirituality” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperOne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888224104677,"sku":"NP9780062315519","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062315519.jpg?v=1730228492","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/finding-magic-a-love-story-isbn-9780062315519","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}