<div>Powerful, personal observations on fear and courage&mdash;that touch on art, faith, academia, the internet, and more&mdash;from &ldquo;a masterful essayist&rdquo; (Roxane Gay, New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Hunger). In this poignant and thoughtful collection of literary essays, Megan Stielstra tells stories to ward off fears both personal and universal as she grapples toward a better way to live. In &ldquo;The Wrong Way to Save Your Life,&rdquo; she answers the question of what has value in our lives&mdash;a question no longer rhetorical when the apartment above her family&rsquo;s goes up in flames. &ldquo;Here is My Heart&rdquo; sheds light on Megan&rsquo;s close relationship with her father, whose continued insistence on climbing mountains despite a series of heart attacks leads the author to dissect deer hearts in a poetic attempt to interrogate her own feelings about mortality. Whether she&rsquo;s imagining the implications of open-carry laws on college campuses, recounting the story of going underwater on the mortgage of her first home, or revealing the unexpected pains and joys of marriage and motherhood, Stielstra&rsquo;s work informs, impels, enlightens, and embraces us all. The result is something beautiful&mdash;this story, her courage, and, potentially, our own. &ldquo;Sensitive and funny . . . She has a flair for nostalgia and for cultural criticism that is never pretentious.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly &ldquo;When Megan Stielstra writes you can actually feel her beautiful heart pumping blood through every sentence.&rdquo; &mdash;Samantha Irby, New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of We Are Never Meeting in Real Life &ldquo;A life-enriching collection of essays.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus Reviews (starred review) &ldquo;Reading this book is like listening to stories from a wise, compassionate, and irrepressibly funny friend.&rdquo; &mdash;Esme Weijun Wang, award-winning author of The Border of Paradise</div>

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The Wrong Way to Save Your Life

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