SELF-HELP

Falling Down and Getting Up: Discovering Your Inner Resilience and Strength

by Mark Nepo
St. Martin’s Essentials. Sept. 2023. 400p. ISBN 9781250909947. pap. $20. SELF-HELP
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Nepo (Surviving Storms: Finding the Strength To Meet Adversity) is a storyteller who has taught and guided retreats for more than 50 years. Here, he offers a thoughtful and insightful book for anyone who has ever fallen on hard times and needed the inspiration to keep going. Nepo guides readers through the challenges of navigating life’s ups and downs. Each chapter offers its own unique piece of advice, told through poems or stories, that Nepo relates back to his own struggles with grief and other hardships. Although the advice is mostly relatable, at times it is too philosophical to grasp. Regardless, he approaches the subject and the reader with thoughtful words that will bring comfort to those who need it.
VERDICT A helpful companion for those struggling in their lives or who have fallen on hard times.
Reviewed by Sarah Filiberto , Jul 01, 2023
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