{"product_id":"bright-shining-how-grace-changes-everything-julia-baird","title":"Bright Shining: How grace changes everything - Julia Baird","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"is-hidden__small\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp__the-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"is-hidden__small\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp__the-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"height: 894px;\" class=\"c-book-details__desc is-open\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhosphorescence\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecomes a beautiful and timely exploration of that most mysterious but necessary of human qualities: grace.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Luminous ... A work to both devour and savour, Baird has, once again, written a book the world needs now.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrace is both mysterious and hard to define. It can be found when we create ways to find meaning and dignity in connection with each other, building on our shared humanity, being kinder, bigger, better with each other. If, in its crudest interpretation, karma is getting what you deserve, then grace is the opposite: forgiving the unforgivable, favouring the undeserving, loving the unlovable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut we live in an era when grace is an increasingly rare currency. The silos in which we consume information dot the media landscape like skyscrapers, and our growing distrust of the media, politicians and public figures has choked our ability to cut each other slack, to allow each other to stumble, to forgive one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo what does grace look like in our world, and how do we recognise it, nurture it in ourselves and express it, even in the darkest of times?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom award-winning journalist Julia Baird, author of the acclaimed national bestseller\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhosphorescence\u003c\/em\u003e, comes\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBright Shining\u003c\/em\u003e, a luminously beautiful, deeply insightful and most timely exploration of grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Fascinating, wide-ranging and moving'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Age\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The uplift and power of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBright Shining\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e... is to be found in the way Baird gives grace fresh currency by bringing this beautiful and elusive condition from the theological margins into the mainstream and showing, with passion and verve, how quietly transformative it can be.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Effervescent ... poignant.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEven cynics will be moved.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Enlightening, surprising, absorbing .. I learned something every chapter and put the book down full of awe at the power of human beings to be good to each other when no-one would expect it. It's the book I needed to read right now. It filled my cup.' Annabel Crabb\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e288 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ePaper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"EmmasatOxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48206106394778,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/9024\/8009\/files\/bright-shining-9781460760253.jpg?v=1780635383","url":"https:\/\/emmasatoxford.com\/products\/bright-shining-how-grace-changes-everything-julia-baird","provider":"EmmasatOxford","version":"1.0","type":"link"}