Listening Is an Act of Love

By Dave Isay (Editor); Dave Isay (Introduction by)
(Penguin (Non-Classics), Paperback, 9780143114345, 320pp.)

Publication Date: October 2008

Other Editions of This Title: eBook, Compact Disc - Abridged (November 2007), Hardcover (November 2007)

Categories: Personal Memoirs

Selected by Indie Booksellers for the Spring/Summer '09 Reading Group List

“Drawn from the work of StoryCorps, these stories of real people transport us into the lives of others -- and offer a much-needed reality check in these tough times! A great book club read.”

-- Mary McDonald, Learned Owl Book Shop, Hudson, OH

Description

As heard on NPR--a wondrous nationwide celebration of our shared humanity

StoryCorps founder and legendary radio producer Dave Isay selects the most memorable stories from StoryCorps' collection, creating a moving portrait of American life.

The voices here connect us to real people and their lives--to their experiences of profound joy, sadness, courage, and despair, to good times and hard times, to good deeds and misdeeds. To read this book is to be reminded of how rich and varied the American storybook truly is, how resistant to easy categorization or stereotype. We are our history, individually and collectively, and Listening Is an Act of Love touchingly reminds us of this powerful truth.

About the Author

David Isay is the founder of StoryCorps. His radio documentary work has won nearly every award in broadcasting, including five Peabody Awards. He has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a MacArthur Fellowship, and a United States Artists Fellowship.

Praise For Listening Is an Act of Love…

?Each interview is a revelation.?
?USA Today

? As heartwarming as a holiday pumpkin pie and every bit as homey . . . what emerges in these compelling pages is hard-won wisdom and boundless humanity.?
?Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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