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A groundbreaking book about Americans searching for faith and
mutual respect, The Faith Club weaves the story of three women,
their three religions, and their urgent quest to understand one
another.When an American Muslim woman befriends two other mothers,
one Jewish and one Christian, they decide to educate their children
about their respective religions. None of them guessed their
regular meetings would provide life-changing answers and form bonds
that would forever alter their struggles with prejudice, fear, and
anger. Personal, powerful, and compelling, The Faith Club forces
readers to face the tough questions about their own religions.
Pioneering, timely, deeply thoughtful, and full of hope, The Faith
Club's caring message will resonate with people of all faiths.
Priscilla Warner has had a great life: a supportive husband, a
flourishing marriage, two loving sons, and a bestselling book, The
Faith Club. Despite all her good fortune and success, she suffers
from anxiety and panic attacks so debilitating that they leave her
unable to breathe. She s tried self-medicating in high school, with
a hidden flask of vodka and later, with prescription medications
daily doses of Klonopin with a dark chocolate chaser. After forty
years of hyperventilating, and an overwhelming panic attack that s
the ultimate wake-up call, Warner s mantra becomes Neurotic, Heal
Thyself. A spirited New Yorker, she sets out to find her inner
Tibetan monk by meditating every day, aiming to rewire her brain
and her body and mend her frayed nerves. On this winding path from
panic to peace, with its hairpin emotional curves and breathtaking
drops, she also delves into a wide range of spiritual and
alternative health practices, some serious, and some . . . not so
much.
Written with lively wit and humor, Learning to Breathe is a serious
attempt to heal from a painful condition. It s also a life raft of
compassion and hope for people similarly adrift or secretly
fearful, as well as an entertaining and inspiring guidebook for
anyone facing daily challenges large and small, anyone who is also
longing for a sense of peace, self-acceptance, and understanding.
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