Exit by Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara
Exit by Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara

Exit

The wisdom of saying goodbye In this wise and provocative book, the renowned sociologist Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot trains...
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Author: Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
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Exit by Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara

Exit

$38.28
Exit by Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara

Exit

$38.28
Author: Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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The wisdom of saying goodbye

In this wise and provocative book, the renowned sociologist Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot trains her lens on the myriad exits we make in our lives: exits big and small, extraordinary and ordinary, quick and protracted, painful and liberating.
Exits are ubiquitous. Part of the historical narrative of our country, they mark the physical landscapes we inhabit; they're braided into the arc of our individual development, laced into our intergenerational relationships, shaped by economic crisis, global mobility, and technological innovations. But we tend to ignore them, often seeing them as signs of failure.
For two years Lawrence-Lightfoot traveled around the country listening to people tell their stories of leaving, witnessing rituals of goodbye, and producing the penetrating portraits that have become her signature. A gay man who finds home and wholeness after coming out of the closet; a sixteen-year-old-boy forced to leave Iran in the midst of a violent civil war; a Catholic priest who leaves the church; an anthropologist who carefully stages her departure from the field after years of research; and many more. Lawrence-Lightfoot shares their stories with sympathy and insight, finding the universal patterns that reframe our exit narratives.
Exit finds wisdom in the possibility of moving on. It marks the start of a new conversation: a chance to discover how to make our exits with dignity and grace.

Author: Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Publisher: Sarah Crichton Books
Published: 06/11/2013
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.64h x 5.81w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9780374533908


Award: Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award - Nominee

About the Author
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, a MacArthur prize-winning sociologist, is the Emily Hargroves Fisher Professor of Education at Harvard University. She is the author of ten books, including The Third Chapter, Respect, The Essential Conversation, and Balm in Gilead, which won the 1988 Christopher Award for literary merit and humanitarian achievement. She is the recipient of twenty-eight honorary degrees and is the first African American woman in Harvard's history to have an endowed professorship named in her honor.


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