The Outrageous Good Fortune of Living

Jackie Bailey
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How to find the sublime in your everyday life

A guide to replacing religion with meaning and grace, for readers of Julia Baird, Stephanie Dowrick and Alain de Botton

Spirituality is not exclusive. It's for everyone. Whether you're wearing a cross, a hijab or nothing at all, we all search for meaning. But how do we find it? And how can we build a world that embraces all paths to the divine however we define it and however we live it?

The Outrageous Good Fortune of Living is a guide for the curious, the questioning, the grateful and the hopeful, exploring how life itself can be sacred, wild and extraordinary - no matter who you praise or whether you praise no one at all.

'Jackie Bailey has crafted a story of coming home. It is drawn from tough experience, intellectual rigour, openness, acceptance and humour; from a yearning that drove her toward the best kind of questing and questioning', Ailsa Piper, director, performer and author of For Life
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An anti-racist social enterprise bookstore specialising in BIPOC books.

Only about 11% of books published are by BIPOC authors — so unless you specifically seek out books by BIPOC authors, you aren't likely to find very many of them organically. At Amplify, BIPOC authors are highlighted and celebrated. Here, they don't have to fight to be seen, and you don't have to fight to find them.

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