Do You Still Talk to Grandma? (10/1/24, Paperback, Uncorrected Proof ARC)

Description: Do You Still Talk To Grandma?: When Th8 Problematic People In Our Live Are The One We Love by Brit Barron Brand New Arc Copy Paperback Genre: parenting teenagers Brit Barron gets it. Those people who hurt us with their bigotry and ignorance . . . theyre often the people we love: Theyre our friends, our parents, our grandparents, and even our religious leaders. And what we want is for them to grow, not to be canceled by an online mob. So what can it look like to strive for justice without causing new harm or giving up on the people we love? Barron shows that the way forward is to create a gracious and risky space for people to learn and evolve. We need to form the sorts of relationships where we can tell difficult truths, set boundaries, forgive, and share stories of our own failings. And this starts with examining ourselves. InDo You Still Talk to Grandma?,Barron draws readers into this tension between relationship and accountability, sharing painful experiences from her own life, such as her parents divorce and belonging to a faith community that sided with the forces that dehumanize BIPOC and LGBTQ+ folks. Barron illuminates the challenges and hope for these relationships, showing that the best research points toward humility, self-awareness, an openness to learning, and remembering that others can learn too. Barronenvisions a redemptive way of being that allows progressives to love people who say or believe problematic things without sacrificing themselves, their values, or their beliefs. Provocative, charming, and vulnerable,Do You Still Talk to Grandma?is an essential read for anyone struggling to live compassionately without giving up on conviction. B

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