{"product_id":"circle-of-hope-a-national-book-award-finalist-by-eliza-griswold-9781035420285","title":"Circle of Hope: A National Book Award Finalist","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCircle of Hope\u003c\/i\u003e is Pulitzer Prize-winner Eliza Griswold's soaring, searing examination of what it means for a community to love, to grow and crucially, to disagree.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, \u003ci\u003eMinnesota Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\n\n\u003cb\u003eNational Book Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e'Glows on every page . . . nearly miraculous.' - \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003e'Lyrical, probing, and deeply reported, this is an extraordinary account.' - \u003ci\u003ePatrick Radden Keefe\u003c\/i\u003e, author of Empire of Pain\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003e'Marvelous.' - \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver forty years\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCircle of Hope\u003c\/i\u003e grew from a small family gathering into an extraordinary Philadelphia church with four thriving congregations, dedicated to fighting for gender equality and an end to racial discrimination. In their pursuit of social justice, the church offered hope to believers of all kinds - from outcasts to addicts - in a radical mission to improve the world.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003eThen, in the wake of #MeToo and Black Lives Matter, \u003ci\u003eCircle of Hope\u003c\/i\u003e was forced to confront its own mistakes, plunging the community into existential crisis.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eCircle of Hope\u003c\/i\u003e tells a propulsive, layered story of what we do to stay true to our beliefs. Building on years of deep reporting, Pulitzer Prize-winner Eliza Griswold offers an intimate portrait of pastors and church members in their desperate struggle to hold a community together, despite their dividing truths.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003e'Eliza Griswold is a dazzling reporter: ever observant, wise, sympathetic, and honest. And in this spellbinding book.' - \u003ci\u003eDavid Grann\u003c\/i\u003e, author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wager\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003e'A sharply contemporary book, painfully honest, stubbornly hopeful.' - \u003ci\u003eArchbishop Rowan Williams\u003c\/i\u003e, author of Passions of the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003e'That rarest of books: an examination of the sacred and spiritual realm captured with humour, humanity, and style.' - \u003ci\u003eSusan Orlean\u003c\/i\u003e, author of On Animals\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47362536636652,"sku":"9781035420285","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/2f0d08514cf89d52a684c07b828fca51.jpg?v=1772933123","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/circle-of-hope-a-national-book-award-finalist-by-eliza-griswold-9781035420285","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}