{"product_id":"the-believer-isbn-9781953534002","title":"The Believer","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best Book of the Month at \u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Deeply beautiful, and never simple.” ―James Gleick, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTime Travel: A History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unforgettable tour of the human condition that explores our universal need for belief to help us make sense of life, death, and everything in between.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFor Sarah Krasnostein it begins with a Mennonite choir performing on a subway platform, a fleeting moment of witness that sets her on a fascinating journey to discover why people need to believe in absolute truths and what happens when their beliefs crash into her own. Some of the people Krasnostein interviews believe in things many people do not: ghosts, UFOs, the literal creation of the universe in six days. Some believe in things most people would like to: dying with dignity and autonomy; facing up to our transgressions with truthfulness; living with integrity and compassion. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy turns devastating and uplifting, and captured in snapshot-vivid detail, these six profiles of a death doula, a geologist who believes the world is six thousand years old, a lecturer in neurobiology who spends his weekends ghost hunting, the fiancée of a disappeared pilot and UFO enthusiasts, a woman incarcerated for killing her husband after suffering years of domestic violence, and Mennonite families in New York will leave you convinced that the most ordinary-seeming people are often the most remarkable and that deep and abiding commonalities can be found within the greatest differences. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVivid, unconventional, entertaining, and full of wonder,\u003ci\u003e The Believer \u003c\/i\u003einterweaves these stories with compassion and empathy, culminating in an unforgettable tour of the human condition that cuts to the core of who we are as people, and what we’re doing on this earth.\u003cb\u003eSarah Krasnostein\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and a lawyer with a PhD in criminal law. A fourth generation American and a third generation Australian, she has lived and worked in both countries. Her essay, “The Secret Life of a Crime Scene Cleaner,” was published on Longreads and listed in \u003ci\u003eNarratively\u003c\/i\u003e’s Top 10 Stories for 2014. As a law lecturer and researcher, her areas of specialization are: the history of crime and punishment, comparative criminal law, sentencing law and criminal justice policy. She lives in Melbourne and spends part of the year working in New York City. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Trauma Cleaner\u003c\/i\u003e (Text Publishing \/ St Martin’s Press).","brand":"Tin House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233625616613,"sku":"NP9781953534002","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781953534002.jpg?v=1767738306","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-believer-isbn-9781953534002","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}