East of Eden (And the Best Book I Ever Wrote)
What I learned from a masterful work of literature, and this month's Kindle deal is what I believe is the best book I've written (or at least my personal favorite)
East of Eden
I’m an English major, so it doesn’t take much convincing for me to believe that literature has amazing things to teach us. But I wasn’t prepared for the beauty and raw humanity that comes through in Steinbeck’s East of Eden. I HAD to write about it. So I put together an article for Westminster Media. It deals with how we see the world and how literature teaches us to receive rather than construct reality.
The Best Book I Ever Wrote
Speaking of how we see the world, I Am a Human is easily the book that is most candid in setting out my own vision of experience after my father’s death. Most people don’t know that it only took about two weeks to write, and that’s because I had so much thought, emotion, and reflection stored up for years. It may sound dramatic, but writing that book felt like wringing my soul dry, letting the water drop right onto the pages. As one reviewer put it, there are senses in which the book reads like a personal journal entry.
Out of all the books I’ve written, I’m most satisfied with this one in its raw portrayal of grief and hope. I think it’s the best book I’ve ever written because there is so much time and thought stored there. That’s this month’s Kindle deal. But if you’d like to read a hard copy, I have links for those as well.
That’s all for now. God bless you this week!
—PTH