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Love Warrior (Oprah's Book Club): A Memoir Hardcover – Deckle Edge, September 6, 2016
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#1 New York Times Bestseller
The Newest Oprah's Bookclub 2016 Selection
The highly anticipated new memoir by bestselling author Glennon Doyle Melton tells the story of her journey of self-discovery after the implosion of her marriage.
Just when Glennon Doyle Melton was beginning to feel she had it all figured out―three happy children, a doting spouse, and a writing career so successful that her first book catapulted to the top of the New York Times bestseller list―her husband revealed his infidelity and she was forced to realize that nothing was as it seemed. A recovering alcoholic and bulimic, Glennon found that rock bottom was a familiar place. In the midst of crisis, she knew to hold on to what she discovered in recovery: that her deepest pain has always held within it an invitation to a richer life.
Love Warrior is the story of one marriage, but it is also the story of the healing that is possible for any of us when we refuse to settle for good enough and begin to face pain and love head-on. This astonishing memoir reveals how our ideals of masculinity and femininity can make it impossible for a man and a woman to truly know one another - and it captures the beauty that unfolds when one couple commits to unlearning everything they've been taught so that they can finally, after thirteen years of marriage, commit to living true―true to themselves and to each other.
Love Warrior is a gorgeous and inspiring account of how we are born to be warriors: strong, powerful, and brave; able to confront the pain and claim the love that exists for us all. This chronicle of a beautiful, brutal journey speaks to anyone who yearns for deeper, truer relationships and a more abundant, authentic life.
- Print length272 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherFlatiron Books
- Publication dateSeptember 6, 2016
- Dimensions5.84 x 0.99 x 8.5 inches
- ISBN-101250128544
- ISBN-13978-1250128546
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"A testament to the power of vulnerability. Glennon shows us the clearest meaning of 'To thine own self be true.' It's as if she reached into her heart, captured the raw emotions there, and translated them into words that anyone who’s ever known pain or shame―in other words, every human on the planet―can relate to. She's bravely put everything on the table for the whole world to see."
― Oprah Winfrey (Oprah's Book Club 2016 selection)
"Love Warrior reaches a depth of truth and power and emotional gravity that is rarely seen in the world, and even more rarely spoken aloud. Glennon's story about the resurrection of her marriage (a tale of a woman daring to come into her body, and a man daring to come into his mind, and the two of them daring―with outrageous courage―to trust each other) is something beyond merely inspirational; it is epic. I think of this book as the vital, long-overdue, much-needed sister memoir to Eat Pray Love. Glennon lifts the roof off her whole house―her whole life―and examines everything, right out in the open. She has, indeed, become a Love Warrior. This book is an act of love and truth and generosity; it will change lives."
― Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Big Magic and Eat Pray Love
"This is a book about what it means to be human―to wrestle with love, hurt, addiction, vulnerability, intimacy, and grace. Love Warrior blew me away. We can all find pieces of our own stories reflected in Glennon's powerful words. We are so lucky to have her courage and wisdom in the world. We need this kind of truth telling if we are ever going to find our way back to each other."
― Brené Brown, New York Times bestselling author of Rising Strong and Daring Greatly
"How can I do justice to this book? Moving and brilliant and funny and shocking and heartbreaking and inspiring, Love Warrior raises provocative questions about just what is possible for a person, a marriage, a family, a life. At the heart of this story is the insistence that we don't have to settle―we can explore our shadows, and we're not just going to survive it, but we're going to come out the other side a whole new person with new love, new hope, new strength, and maybe even a new marriage. This is a big, stunning, buoyant, honest, raw glimpse into the life of an astonishing woman, but it is also a punch in the face to anyone anywhere who believes that this is just how it is and it's not going to get any better."
― Rob Bell, New York Times bestselling author of Love Wins
"This elegant, moving memoir is about one woman's marriage but also much more than that. Glennon writes about a hunger for love that all of us feel and the only food that ultimately feeds us. She understands the unique relationship between spiritual and romantic love, and in finding one, she masters the other. Truly a wonderful book."
― Marianne Williamson, New York Times bestselling author of A Return to Love
"When I finished the last page of Love Warrior, I sobbed. I sobbed because I was in awe. Because I didn't want it to end. Because it made me believe more deeply in love, in humanity, in forgiveness, in God, in marriage. Glennon and Craig have invited us so far into the messy, beautiful, difficult insides of their hearts and lives, and what we find there is profoundly inspiring. This is a book that will change lives, change marriages, change the way we think and talk about what love really is."
― Shauna Niequist, New York Times bestselling author of Present Over Perfect
"A compelling story about self-discovery. Candid, brave, and generous."
― Kirkus Reviews
"Glennon Doyle Melton has mastered sharing her emotional life with the world, which she does nearly daily on momastery.com. Now she lays herself bare once again in Love Warrior, chronicling her struggles and the depths of her resilience in the darkest of times. A heroic achievement."
― Family Circle
"A haunting powerhouse of a book."
―Washington Post
"A book with so much painful truth packed into its pages that every person who's ever married or plans to marry should really give it a read."
―Chicago Tribune
"An incredible, dark, poignant, vulnerable personal account about surviving rock bottom and finding a better life. You will be inspired by [Glennon's] resilience, strength, and womanhood."
―Real Simple
"A breathless story, beautifully told. Love Warrior presents an intense and absorbing narrative while reaching for something bigger and more quixotic, the mystery of intimacy itself."
―Bookpage
"This memoir isn’t really about Melton rebuilding her relationship with her husband; it’s about Melton rebuilding her relationship with herself. It’s about one woman letting go of the gendered messages she’s been surrounded by her entire life, and communing with her fullest, most authentic self. Utterly refreshing and... just totally badass."
―Bustle.com
"Melton is not merely relaying a narrative; she is offering her story with the hope and purpose of connection. Love Warrior ...draws you in close, as if the author is talking to you, and only to you. Listening to such a warm and emotionally intelligent author is a worthy investment in a course on difficult conversations. But I suspect that... what will win you over is all the 'terrible magic' that happens when things fall apart."
―New York Times Book Review (This text refers to the audio edition of Love Warrior)
About the Author
Glennon Doyle Melton is the author of the New York Times bestseller Carry On, Warrior and founder of the online community Momastery, where she reaches more than one million people each day. She is also the creator and president of Together Rising, a nonprofit organization that has raised close to five million dollars for families around the world through its Love Flash Mobs, which have revolutionized online giving. Glennon is a sought-after public speaker, and her work has been featured on The TODAY Show, The Talk, OWN, and NPR; in The New York Times, Ladies’ Home Journal, Glamour, Family Circle, Parents Magazine, Newsweek, Woman’s Day, and The Huffington Post; and in other television and print outlets. Glennon lives in Florida with her family.
Product details
- Publisher : Flatiron Books; Hardcover edition (September 6, 2016)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 272 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1250128544
- ISBN-13 : 978-1250128546
- Item Weight : 13.1 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.84 x 0.99 x 8.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #462,283 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #384 in Sociology of Marriage & Family (Books)
- #2,461 in Marriage
- #13,920 in Memoirs (Books)
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GLENNON DOYLE
Author, Activist, Founder of Together Rising, and Host of the We Can Do Hard Things Podcast
Glennon Doyle is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller UNTAMED, a Reese’s Book Club selection, which has sold over two million copies. She is also the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller LOVE WARRIOR, an Oprah’s Book Club selection, and CARRY ON, WARRIOR. An activist and “patron saint of female empowerment” (People), Glennon hosts the WE CAN DO HARD THINGS Podcast. She is the founder and president of Together Rising, an all-women-led nonprofit organization that has revolutionized grassroots philanthropy – raising over $35 million for women, families, and children in crisis. Glennon lives in Florida with her wife and three children.
For more information on Glennon, please visit www.glennondoyle.com
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The one who lies awake worrying about everything under the sun.
The one who knows they're highly sensitive, yet unable to retain close relationships.
The one who loves hard, with intensity, yet waits for people to leave...
The one who is beautiful, yet she doesn't really believe it.
The one who hides their pain behind makeup—who seem relegated to speaking in a code that only women who buy $400 Rick Owens T-shirts, dark, obscure designer sunglasses & $500 ballet flats, are able to understand...
Although I'd pre-ordered, I wasn't sure what exactly I'd find. To be frank, I'd not heard of Ms. Melton, her blog, or anything else. I simply found the description interesting. This was the first book aside from my art & photography books, that absolutely blew me away! I think I got through 6% of it before I texted one of my friends & said, 'Oh my god, I just started reading this book and it's amazing! This was so write for us... I'm sending you the Kindle version!' I don't believe I've ever done that with a book I've not read in its entirety.
As I'm a fast reader & I finished it in under 24 hours, but don't assume it's because it was a fun, beach read. Love Warrior is poignant, refreshingly honest & for better or worse, I'd venture a guess that even those of who are single (myself & my friend included) will see themselves in all too many of these pages.
For me, the topic transcends gender in how we communicate. It varies from couple-couple, person-person, but here's the bottom line: it's time to unlearn everything you thought you knew about love & intimacy. Open hearts & open minds are our best resource & Ms. Melton's writing is such that you're glued to the page, saying, 'Holy s*it, she's writing about my life.'
I'm the type of person who can stay awake for hours & wonder why I'm even here, what's the point of life, why didn't I? why don't I?... You get the idea. Upon finishing last night, I actually texted my ex whom I dearly love. What did I say? Well... I won't paste that here, but essentially, I told him I finally understood a difference between love & intimacy. We have both, yet amazingly, in the time we've been apart, it's the intimacy that's grown. While I haven't any expectations, it was the kind of moment where I was both thrilled, yet simultaneously wanted to cry because it was as if I was given a golden ticket that had shown me how everything went oh so wrong.
Simply put, if you find yourself struggling & unable to break out of a funk, depression, and worse... Wonder what's 'wrong' with you, you need to read this book. Love Warrior reads like a novel, yet it retains the vulnerability of a memoir. Better still, it was beyond refreshing that Ms. Melton didn't opt to portray herself as perfect & her husband the enemy. She keeps everything concise, while guiding the reader through a story of love, loss, redemption, deeper love & commitment, & intimacy.
I've read plenty of books about love & relationships, and ultimately, while this may be Ms. Melton 's personal story, the wisdom is far better than any I've read I relationship books written by the so-called 'experts.' It's human. It's relatable. It doesn't claim to have all the answers, yet it seemingly delivers something that feels as though it's getting quite close.
Needless to say, I highly recommend Love Warrior. It's easily the best book I've read in 2016.
She has fought and worked hard for the clarity she now has - the "Love Warrior" title is perfect. She has turned, again and again to her deepest and truest source for direction, and has taught me how to do that better as well. Glennon is one of those women on my short list of people I'd love to be best friends and have long talks with. This book is the next best thing.
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Thank you Glennon so much for writing this incredible book!