Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
BIG LOVE is a bold, intimate, powerful collection of writing on how to find your way back to center--to love--no matter who you are or what your circumstances. Scott Stabile, a writer, teacher, and blogger with a Facebook community of 350,000 people, has faced his share of pain. When Scott was fourteen, his parents were murdered in the store they ran in inner-city Detroit. Nine years later, his brother died of a heroin overdose. In this powerful, uplifting, and often hilarious collection of personal writing, Scott writes about these experiences and more, from his awkward time donating sperm, to overcoming the failure of writing a box office bomb, to the wrenching experience of leaving a cult after thirteen years. He writes about shame, the struggle to be authentic, and the search for happiness, always connecting the importance of love as the most direct path to overall well-being. Each chapter includes personal development takeaways, allowing readers to apply what he's learned from his experiences to their own growth and healing journey. BIG LOVE compels readers to always return to love, both of themselves and our world.
Some themes Scott explores in his book:
* Forgiveness: a journey to forgive the man who murdered my parents
* Compassion: my struggle to love my heroin-addicted brother
* Empathy: an interaction with a lovely flight attendant
* Authenticity: intense criticism of my own dancing
* Failure: total humiliation over writing a box office bomb
* Friendship: shock over the sudden death of my former roommate.
Synopsis
If anyone had a right to curl up in a ball and give up, it would be author Scott Stabile. His parents were murdered when Stabile was fourteen. Nine years later, his brother died of a heroin overdose. Stabile joined a cult and wrenched himself out of it after thirteen years. But all the while, Stabile was learning to do things such as forgive the man who murdered his parents, have compassion for his brother, and ride out failure after a career catastrophe. He writes about these things and many other personal milestones in ways that are universally applicable, uplifting -- and even laugh-out-loud funny. Whether trying (as we all must) to silence shame, show up for friends, or overcome dreaded what ifs, Stabile's personal experiences and personal development takeaways always return readers to love, both of themselves and of the world -- no matter what.
Synopsis
-I look to Scott for wisdom and leadership and he has delivered both with Big Love. This book opened my heart and mind and I'm forever grateful.-
-- Glennon Doyle Melton, author of #1 NYT Bestseller Love Warrior
Scott Stabile's parents were murdered when he was fourteen. Nine years later, his brother died of a heroin overdose. Soon after that, Stabile joined a cult that dominated his life for the next thirteen years. Through it all, Stabile became ever more committed to living his life from love. He forgave the man who murdered his parents, found compassion for his late drug-addicted brother, and redefined success and failure after a career catastrophe. He writes about these experiences and many other personal milestones in ways that are universally applicable, uplifting -- and even laugh-out-loud funny. Whether trying (as we all must) to silence shame, show up for friends, or overcome dreaded what ifs, Stabile shares hard-won insights that return readers to love, both of themselves and of the world -- no matter what.