Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change

by Maggie Smith

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

"A meditation on kindness and hope, and how to move forward through grief." -NPR

"A shining reminder to learn all we can from this moment, rebuilding ourselves in the darkness so that we may come out wiser, kinder, and stronger on the other side." -The Boston Globe

"Powerful essays on loss, endurance, and renewal." -People

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For fans of Cheryl Strayed and Anne Lamott, a collection of quotes and essays on facing life's challenges with creativity, courage, and resilience.

When Maggie Smith, the award-winning author of the viral poem "Good Bones," started writing inspirational daily Twitter posts in the wake of her divorce, they unexpectedly caught fire. In this deeply moving book of quotes and essays, Maggie writes about new beginnings as opportunities for transformation. Like kintsugi, the Japanese art of mending broken ceramics with gold, Keep Moving celebrates the beauty and strength on the other side of loss. This is a book for anyone who has gone through a difficult time and is wondering: What comes next?

• ISBN10: 1982132078
• ISBN13: 9781982132071
• Publish Date: 6 October 2020
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Simon & Schuster
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 224
• Language: English

Reviews

[celinenyx]

If you know basic mindfulness, many of the notes in Keep Moving will seem incredibly familiar to you. The calls to stay in the present, to be an observer rather than being swept away by emotions, are all valuable advice, but I found there to be very little here that felt new or particularly insightful. I did, however, enjoy the few longer-form entries that Smith included.