Firstlight:the Early Inspirational Writings

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From the bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees and the new novel The Book of Longings comes a thoughtful, revelatory book of writings on self and spirit

Before she won an international readership with her novels, Sue Monk Kidd was best known for her smart, passionate spiritual writings. Now many of those early stories and essays (most of which first appeared in Guideposts) are collected in one volume, organized around thirteen spiritual motifs. In Firstlight, Kidd charts her emergence as a writer and seeker; reflects on her roles as wife, mother, daughter, nurse, and artist; and assesses what she has learned in settings as far-flung as Africa and her own home. The result is an intimate, uplifting book, filled with moments of recognition and discovery.

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SUE MONK KIDDwas raised in the small town of Sylvester, Georgia. She graduated from Texas Christian University in 1970 and later took creative writing courses at Emory University, as well as studying at Sewanee, Bread Loaf, and other writers’ conferences. In her forties, Kidd turned her attention to writing fiction, winning the South Carolina Fellowship in Literature and the 1996 Poets & Writers Exchange Program in Fiction.When her first novel,The Secret Life of Bees, was published by Viking in 2002, it became a genuine literary phenomenon, spending more than 2½ years on theNew York Timesbestseller list. It has been translated into 36 languages and sold more than 6 million copies in the U.S. and 8 million copies worldwide.Beeswas named the Book Sense Paperback Book of the Year in 2004, long-listed for the 2002 Orange Prize in England, and won numerous awards. The novel was adapted into a award-winning movie and an Off-Broadway musical.The Mermaid Chairspent 24 weeks on theNew York Timeshardcover bestseller list, reaching the #1 position, and spent 22 weeks on theNew York Timestrade paperback list. The novel won the Nation Quill Award and was made into the television movie.The Invention of Wings, her third novel, was published in 2014 to wide critical acclaim and debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list where it remained for 9 months. It was selected for Oprah Winfrey's Bookclub 2.0 and other awards. Wings has been translated to 20+ languages.She is also the author of several acclaimed memoirs, including The Dance of the Dissident Daughter andNew York TimesbestsellerTraveling with Pomegranates, written with her daughter, Ann Kidd Taylor.Her latest novel, The Book of Longings, is to be published on April 21, 2020.Kidd lives in North Carolina with her husband.Please visitwww.suemonkkidd.comfor more information. Follow Sue on Twitter & Instagram @SueMonkKidd and Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/suemonkkidd

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