Meeting in the Margins: An Invitation to Encounter Society's Invisible People

By Cynthia Trenshaw

Book Overview

When Cynthia Trenshaw, recently widowed, moves to Berkeley, she thinks the reason she has transplanted herself is to earn her master's degree in theology. But when, step by unexpected step, she is drawn into the cultural borderlands where society's "invisible people" reside, she encounters dispossessed and demanding teachers not listed on any academic roster--and becomes immersed in a heady curriculum of helplessness and joy, wisdom and pain. A book that encourages readers to receive the generosity and reciprocity of the margins, Meeting in the Margins offers guidance for how we can all, as individuals, begin to repair the rift between the margins and the mainstream of society--simply by being profoundly present.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1631528165
• ISBN13: 9781631528163
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: She Writes Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

So raw yet so beautiful

This might easily be one of the most beautiful and heartfelt pieces of literature that I have ever read. The way the author describes people in the most difficult ways of life are incredibly inspiring. It has made me look at not only my fellow man, but my own life in a new and much more appreciative way. I wish everyone could read this book. I tried marking every passage that felt profound and I ended up giving up because the whole book is so touching and I would’ve just highlighted the whole thing. I’m someone who struggles to read (social media has fried my attention span) and I truly had a hard time putting this one down.