Kindred Book Review

Stories of Belonging: Finding Where Your True Self Lives

Edited by Kali Wendorf

Finch Publishing

In our times it is not uncommon to find ourselves thousands of kilometers from our families and homeland. A search for community and sense of belonging lives deep within many of us.

In Stories of Belonging, Kali Wendorf has assembled a group of authors that are willing to share what lies deep in their hearts. There is no template here as everyone’s journey back home is different. For some home is deeply connected to the land, to the exact earth they walk on, for others it may be their blood that ties them. Some even learn of their connectedness from people and places very far from where they were born. It is in the telling of their stories that healing can happen, not only for the author but also for the reader.

With each essay the reader is transported to a different location, everywhere from a remote village in Tibet, the rapids of the Grand Canyon to the heart of the Australian Outback. The locations may vary but there is a thread that weaves through the book, connecting each one to another. This same thread connects the reader to each one of the writers in this book.

When people are brave enough to share their search for home, for belonging, to find where they fit in this world, it inspires others to do the same.

Reviewed by Michele Dennis
Kindred Book Reviews
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