Loyal to the Sky: Notes from an Activist (SIGNED)

Handler, Marisa

ISBN 10: 1576753921 / ISBN 13: 9781576753927

Published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2007

About this Item

SIGNED and inscribed on title page by Marisa Handler. Tight, clean and crisp. Previous owner's stamp to top edge, otherwise an excellent copy now protected in a new Mylar cover. No remainder mark. Not price clipped. Not ex-library. ; 8vo; 265 pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 13208

Bibliographic Details

Title: Loyal to the Sky: Notes from an Activist (...

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Publication Date: 2007

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition; First Printing.

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Synopsis:

Language:Chinese.HardCover. Pub Date: 2007-2-1 Pages: 265 In this memoir-cum-call to arms. Handler examines her literal and metaphorical journey from her South African childhood through her familys politically motivated move to America to her adult involvement in the global justice movement. From assisting Amazon Basin communities threatened by oil companies. to protesting at the 2004 Republican National Convention. Handler has put her values ??into action with tenacious creativity. She ably conveys the histories of places many people couldnt find on a map in a lively . moving and funny voice. Unfortunately. Handler is often self-involved-even for a memoirist-and too frequently leans on stereotype (the noble savage. the emotionally barren upper-class marriage). though she manages to regard herself with enough irony to mitigate her worst indulgences. The books greatest weakne...

Review:

"[Handler's] wisdom transcends her youthfulness; she writes with grace and insight, and she never stumbles over her own self-importance."
--The San Francisco Chronicle

"Handler has put her values into action with tenacious creativity. She ably conveys the histories of places many people couldn't find on a map in a lively, moving and funny voice."
--Publishers Weekly

"Marisa Handler takes a brutally honest look at herself, the activist community, and the world. She writes with wit and beauty, preaches with passion and love. Loyal to the Sky is an affirmation that mortal humans, with all our foibles, can be powerful agents for change."
-- Medea Benjamin, Cofounder, Global Exchange and CODEPINK

"Handler captures in this book the most hopeful energies of her generation and will excite anyone who hopes for a post-Bush world of peace and justice. Insightful and charming, spiritually rich and emotionally honest, Handler's writing shows that tikkun olam, the healing of the world, is not some outdated fantasy but an ever-present possibility."
--Rabbi Michael Lerner, Editor, Tikkun, and author of The Left Hand of God:
Taking Back our Country from the Religious Right