{"product_id":"flying-falling-catching-an-unlikely-story-of-finding-freedom-9780063113534","title":"Flying, Falling, Catching: An Unlikely Story of Finding Freedom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHenri Nouwen's never-before-published story of his surprising friendship with a traveling trapeze troupe.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the last five years of his life, best-selling spiritual author Henri J. M. Nouwen became close to The Flying Rodleighs, a trapeze troupe in a traveling circus. Like Nouwen's own life, a trapeze act is full of artistry, exhilarating successes, crushing failures and continual forgiveness. He wrote about his experience in a genre new to him: creative non-fiction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \u003cem\u003eFlying, Falling, Catching\u003c\/em\u003e, Nouwen's colleague and friend Carolyn Whitney-Brown presents his unpublished trapeze writings framed by the true story of his rescue through a hotel window by paramedics during his first heart attack. Readers will meet Nouwen as a spiritual risk taker who was transformed through his engagement with these trapeze artists, as well as his participation in the Civil Rights movement, his life in community with people with intellectual disabilities, his personal growth through friendships during the 1990s AIDS pandemic, and other unexpected encounters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat will we do with our lives, and with whom will we do it? In this story of flying and catching, Nouwen invites us all to let go and fly, even when we are afraid of falling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperOne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063113534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Henri J. M. Nouwen, Carolyn Whitney-Brown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44637719822517,"sku":"9780063113534","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_12e58446-4d70-44da-a05a-8e23f9a8ef76.jpg?v=1726582460","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/flying-falling-catching-an-unlikely-story-of-finding-freedom-9780063113534","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}