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High Points and Lows: Life, Faith, and Figuring It All Out

by Austin Carty

ISBN13: 9780452295803
ISBN10: 0452295807
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For readers who loved Blue Like Jazz, comes inspiration and advice from Survivor contestant and Christian speaker Austin Carty

Figuring out who you want to be in life is never easy. In High Points and Lows, Austin Carty traces his own stumbling journey toward adulthood and true faith, drawing on lessons from pop culture and Christianity. In these funny and moving essays that address questions on faith, goals, and vocation, Carty offers an uplifting message for religious and secular audiences alike.

By turns amusing and endearing, Carty's essays explore everything from misguided evangelicals who treat salvation as a cottage industry to the real danger of cheating in school-everyone will think you're brilliant and then you've got a real problem. Whether he is failing miserably at his first real job as a nightclub gofer, explaining how Saved by the Bell has ruined our youth, or struggling to come to terms with the death of a beloved friend, Carty demonstrates how finding the courage to be ourselves is the best way to forge a genuine connection with friends, family, and God.

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In these funny and moving essays that address questions on faith, goals, and vocation, Carty offers an uplifting message for religious and secular audiences alike.

About the Author

AUSTIN CARTY was a contestant on Survivor in 2006 and is a popular Christian speaker. He lives in North Carolina.

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: smb1441, February 9, 2010 (view all comments by smb1441)
Perhaps the most important word in this book title is "figuring". This word is suggests an ongoing action. Carty never claims to have "figured" it all out, and that's what makes this book refreshing. He simply gives a view into his unique life and relationship with a mysterious God. I think this book is especially relative to twenty-somethings everywhere.
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ISBN:: 9780452295803
Subtitle:: Life, Faith, and Figuring It All Out
Author:: Carty, Austin
Publisher:: Plume
Subject:: Christian biography
Subject:: Carty, Austin
Subject:: General
Subject:: Personal Memoirs
Subject:: Christian Life - Personal Growth
Subject:: Motivational & Inspirational
Subject:: Spiritual
Subject:: Self-Help : General
Edition Description:: Mass Market
Publication Date:: 20100126
Binding:: Paperback
Grade Level:: from 12
Language:: English
Pages:: 208
Dimensions:: 7.80x5.02x.47 in. .33 lbs.
Age Level:: 17-17

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