The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness

Boyle, Gregory

ISBN 10: 1982128321 / ISBN 13: 9781982128326

Published by Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, 2021

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The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness by Gregory Boyle. Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster. hardcover in dustjacket. SIGNED and dated, 2021. Gregory Boyle, the beloved Jesuit priest and author of the inspirational bestsellers Tattoos on the Heart and Barking to the Choir , returns with a call to witness the transformative power of tenderness, rooted in his lifetime of experience counseling gang members in Los Angeles. Over the past thirty years, Gregory Boyle has transformed thousands of lives through his work as the founder of Homeboy Industries, the largest and most successful gang-intervention program in the world. Boyle s new book, The Whole Language , follows the acclaimed bestsellers Tattoos on the Heart , hailed as an "astounding literary and spiritual feat" ( Publishers Weekly) that is "destined to become a classic of both urban reportage and contemporary spirituality" ( Los Angeles Times ), and Barking to the Choir , deemed "a beautiful and important and soul-transporting book" by Elizabeth Gilbert, and declared by Ann Patchett to be "a book that shows what the platitudes of faith look like when they re put into action." In a community struggling to overcome systemic poverty and violence, The Whole Language shows how those at Homeboy Industries fight despair and remain generous, hopeful, and tender. Seller Inventory # BX29/15/A-3

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Title: The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant...

Publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster

Publication Date: 2021

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author