'If the road you came in on led through several hells and you
walked it more alone than you'd ever want anyone to be, if you were
a wolf who chewed off her own leg to escape where you started out,
if you paved the road with broken things and crawled in on your
knees, this is your book, full of your people. Welcome home.'
REBECCA SOLNIT, author of Men Explain Things to Me 'Quite frankly,
everyone should read The Misfit's Manifesto. Inspired by her TED
talk, Yuknavitch (who has truly been through the worst life can
throw at someone) argues that the things which mark you out as
different don't need to be bad thing: they're what make you, you.
She's a privilege to read.' Emerald Street 'It's filled with
stories of how our differences might unite us rather than divide
us. We could use the misfit know-how just now, as the world has
become pretty chaotic.' Metro A manifesto that makes a powerful
case for not fitting in - for recognizing the beauty, and
difficulty, in forging an original path from Lidia Yuknavitch, one
of the most celebrated TED speakers and a writer heralded for her
brave and experimental writing. A misfit is a person who missed
fitting in, a person who fits in badly, or this: a person who is
poorly adapted to new situations and environments. It's a shameful
word, a word no one typically tries to own. Until now. Lidia
Yuknavitch is a proud misfit. That wasn't always the case. It took
Lidia a long time to not simply accept, but appreciate, her misfit
status. Having flunked out of college twice, with two epic divorces
under her belt, an episode of rehab for drug use, and two stints in
jail, she felt like she would never fit in. She was a hopeless
misfit. She'd failed as daughter, wife, mother, scholar - and yet
the dream of being a writer was stuck like 'a small sad stone' in
her throat. The feeling of not fitting in is universal. The
Misfit's Manifesto is for misfits around the world - the rebels,
the eccentrics, the oddballs, and anyone who has ever felt like she
was messing up. It's Lidia's love letter to all those who can't
ever seem to find the 'right' path. She won't tell you how to stop
being a misfit - quite the opposite. In her charming, poetic,
funny, and frank style, Lidia will reveal why being a misfit is not
something to overcome, but something to embrace. Lidia also
encourages her fellow misfits not to be afraid of pursuing goals,
how to stand up, how to ask for the things they want most. Misfits
belong in the room, too, she reminds us, even if their path to that
room is bumpy and winding. An important idea that transcends all
cultures and countries, this book has created a brave and
compassionate community for misfits, a place where everyone can
belong. The Misfit's Manifesto is an inspiring read that will
captivate readers as much as Brene Brown's Daring Greatly and
Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic. 'I cried when I read Lidia
Yuknavitch's The Misfit's Manifesto. Lidia has created a safe space
for those of us that have never fit in, for whom the world often
seems an impossible place. This remarkable book is a house for
people that didn't believe they had a home.' STEPHEN ELLIOTT,
author of The Adderall Diaries 'This book will save lives.' CHELSEA
CAIN, New York Times bestselling author 'The best characters are
misfits. Lidia Yuknavitch is a conduit for these voices. The
ultimate misfit, she's a seer and a seed, brave and tender, humble
and humanitarian, a poet in the ancient sense of the word. Thank
the stars for her. And this book.' SARAH GERARD, author of Sunshine
State 'This book is nothing less than a life-changer. Lidia
Yuknavitch is a miracle of a writer who makes you see the messes we
make as a deeper, richer, more ravishing way of being alive
together.' CAROLINE LEAVITT, author of Cruel Beautiful World and
the New York Times bestseller Pictures of You 'A beautifully
written field guide to being weird.' Kirkus Reviews
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