{"product_id":"one-long-listening-a-memoir-of-grief-friendship-and-spiritual-care-9781623177850","title":"One Long Listening: A Memoir of Grief, Friendship, and Spiritual Care","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor readers of \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Edge of Sorrow\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCrying in H-Mart\u003c\/i\u003e--a profound and searching memoir of life, loss, grief, and renewal from one of American Buddhism's most vital new voices. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e How do we grieve our losses? How can we care for our spirits? \u003ci\u003eone long listening \u003c\/i\u003eoffers enduring companionship to all who ask these searing, timeless questions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImmigrant daughter, novice chaplain, bereaved friend: author Chenxing Han (\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBe the Refuge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e) takes us on a pilgrimage through the wilds of grief and laughter, pain and impermanence, reconnecting us to both the heartache and inexplicable brightness of being human. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEddying around three autumns of Han's life, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eone long listening\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e journeys from a mountaintop monastery in Taiwan to West Coast oncology wards, from oceanside Ireland to riverfront Phnom Penh. Through letters to a dying friend, bedside chaplaincy visits, and memories of a migratory childhood, Han's startling, searching memoir cuts a singular portrait of a spiritual caregiver in training. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJust as we touch the depths, bracing for resolution, Han's swift, multilingual prose sweeps us back to unknowingness: 不知最親切. \u003ci\u003eNot knowing is most intimate\u003c\/i\u003e. Chinese mothers, hillside graves. A dreamed olive tree, a lost Siberian crane. The music of scripts and silence. These shards--bright, broken, giddy, aching--are mirrors to our own lives in joy and sorrow. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA testament to enduring connection by a fresh and urgent new literary voice, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eone long listening\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e asks fearlessly into the stories we inhabit, the hopes we relinquish, and what it means simply to \u003ci\u003ebe\u003c\/i\u003e, to and for the ones we love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16594993\"\u003eChenxing Han\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e North Atlantic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/11\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 6.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781623177850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1623177855\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FAM\"\u003eFamily \u0026amp; Relationships\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FAM014000\"\u003eDeath, Grief, Bereavement\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL007000\"\u003eBuddhism | General (see also Philosophy | Buddhist)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC043000\"\u003eEthnic Studies | American | Asian American Studies \u0026amp; Pacific\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChenxing Han is the author of the widely reviewed \u003ci\u003eBe the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists \u003c\/i\u003e(North Atlantic Books, 2021). She is a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eLion's Roar, Tricycle, Buddhadharma, \u003c\/i\u003eand other publications, and a frequent speaker and workshop leader at schools, universities, and Buddhist communities across the nation. She has received fellowships from Hedgebrook, Hemera Foundation, the Lenz Foundation, and the Institute of Buddhist Studies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChenxing holds a BA from Stanford University and an MA in Buddhist Studies from the Graduate Theological Union. Her chaplaincy training began in Cambodia and continued in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she completed a yearlong residency on an oncology ward. She is a coteacher of Listening to the Buddhists in Our Backyard at Phillips Academy Andover and a co-organizer of May We Gather: A National Buddhist Memorial for Asian American Ancestors.","brand":"North Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43893529870475,"sku":"9781623177850","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_c555a0b5-4ab6-408d-b765-1cc9276a1c4d.jpg?v=1756134870","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/one-long-listening-a-memoir-of-grief-friendship-and-spiritual-care-9781623177850","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}