{"product_id":"sanctuary-paperback-15","title":"Sanctuary - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusannah Carlson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePeter Bradbury\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMichele Wojcicki\u003c\/b\u003e (Designed by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen we started this project eight months ago, we had no way of knowing how bad things would get or how timely the final product would be. The idea of sanctuary has become a flashpoint. Empathy and kindness seem, on the surface, to have taken a backseat to hatred, nationalism, and fear. Yet, while some spew hatred, still more speak out on behalf of kindness. Such scenarios are playing out around the world, as war and economic and environmental pressures have driv- en people from their homes, seeking sanctuary and too often being turned away or worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fifty pieces you find here were gleaned from over 700 sub- missions. They explore the concept of sanctuary from angles direct and oblique, political and comical, religious and secular.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome approach the sanctuary itself, the structure or the institu- tion. Nancy Cook's two stories, \u003cem\u003eIlluminations and Illusions \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe After- life, \u003c\/em\u003ewere written during a residency in a 19th century insane asylum, the stories pulled from old newspapers and brought to life in her deft prose. Several pieces deal with shelters, both animal and human. Leslie Muzingo's story, \u003cem\u003eHeroes on the Ceiling, \u003c\/em\u003eand Joyce Kryzak's essay, \u003cem\u003eIn the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhispering Breezes, \u003c\/em\u003eexplore the experience of adults and children at bat- tered women's shelters, while Jennifer Stuart's story, \u003cem\u003eHouse for Girls, \u003c\/em\u003ein- troduces us to youthful victims of human trafficking, and Gayla Mills's essay, \u003cem\u003eBecoming Human, \u003c\/em\u003ebrings us inside an animal shelter and the heart of one who works there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther authors approached sanctuary from the point of view of those who seek it: refugees and escapees of both the innocent and the criminal kind, sometimes blurring the lines between. Michelle S. Myers's essay, \u003cem\u003eCommunion on the Road, \u003c\/em\u003erelates her experience escorting \"barely documented\" Central American asylum seekers to submit their applications, and Jennifer Stuart's story, \u003cem\u003eThe Other Side, \u003c\/em\u003egives us a mo- ment in the life of one such refugee on the first steps of her journey to America. Caroline Taylor's story \u003cem\u003eCreature of Habit, \u003c\/em\u003eCharlotte Platt's, \u003cem\u003eClaim Sanctuary, \u003c\/em\u003eand John M. Floyd's, \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Delta, \u003c\/em\u003etell the stories of fugitives whose quest for sanctuary have very different ends, while Jesse Falzoi's story, \u003cem\u003eWith Every Thought, \u003c\/em\u003etells of a bittersweet experience housing a Syrian family before they move on to their new lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeveral pieces are harder to pin down, but the concept is still there. Gina Grande's flash piece, \u003cem\u003eDrag, \u003c\/em\u003eexplores the safety to be found in physical self-transformation, while Scott Archer Jones's story, \u003cem\u003eCon- tentment, \u003c\/em\u003eintroduces us to an aging hedonist who seeks comfort in the hand of a friend, and Sage Kalmus's story, \u003cem\u003eThe First Lo'ihian\u003c\/em\u003e, places one young man's sanctuary 50,000 years in his future, on an island that today is just beginning to be born. Ed McCourt's essay, \u003cem\u003eWhat We Leave \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eon the Curb, \u003c\/em\u003efinds solace in the face of death, in the rebirth of a bicycle, while a physician-priest seeks sanctuary in the bottle in Nick Bouch- ard's story, \u003cem\u003eFather Pearson's Last Day. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a cold and disquieting world out there. I hope you find some comfort in these pages and will offer the same to any strangers who show up at your checkpoints or wash up on your shore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e--S.C., June 2018\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSunnyvale, California \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 282\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47417955352754,"sku":"9781945467127","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/eb53f33461a18777e8f9f0702e75fafc.webp?v=1778440151","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/sanctuary-paperback-15","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}