Secret Histories: Stories of Courage, Risk, and Revelation
Share a life-or-death moment as a woman hitchhiker faces an angry, explosive driver. Climb to a sacred Tibetan mountain pass on a pilgrimage to renewal—and discover the cost of choosing life as a healer. Witness grief mixed with deep joy as a sister chooses to be her dying brother’s caretaker. Flinch at the shock of a young woman who discovers her father is a CIA spook. Watch the world shrink into a nightmare existence through the eyes of a young Japanese-American girl imprisoned in an American concentration camp during World War II.
These are just a few of the intimate life events that make SECRET HISTORIES an unforgettable collection of stories. As each of the 25 contributing writers peels back layers of experiences either momentary or long-term, their individual stories form a powerful web of understanding, acceptance, and love.
Self-discovery is never a solitary journey. To find our way, we depend upon the hard-earned wisdom of others who are brave enough to expose their deepest truths. SECRET HISTORIES offers rich insights into what it means to accept our limits and to transcend our greatest challenges.
Listen to the voices of our writers reading excerpts from their stories at Soundcloud:
Share a life-or-death moment as a woman hitchhiker faces an angry, explosive driver. Climb to a sacred Tibetan mountain pass on a pilgrimage to renewal—and discover the cost of choosing life as a healer. Witness grief mixed with deep joy as a sister chooses to be her dying brother’s caretaker. Flinch at the shock of a young woman who discovers her father is a CIA spook. Watch the world shrink into a nightmare existence through the eyes of a young Japanese-American girl imprisoned in an American concentration camp during World War II.
These are just a few of the intimate life events that make SECRET HISTORIES an unforgettable collection of stories. As each of the 25 contributing writers peels back layers of experiences either momentary or long-term, their individual stories form a powerful web of understanding, acceptance, and love.
Self-discovery is never a solitary journey. To find our way, we depend upon the hard-earned wisdom of others who are brave enough to expose their deepest truths. SECRET HISTORIES offers rich insights into what it means to accept our limits and to transcend our greatest challenges.
Listen to the voices of our writers reading excerpts from their stories at Soundcloud:
- An impressionable young girl adores her charismatic, third-grade teacher. Because of that adoration, this young girl crosses over a line that alters their relationship forever.
--Marlene Blessing, Rumor of Red - Circumambulating the sacred Tibetan mountain of Kailash as a pilgrim for inspiration and renewal, a Swiss seeker discovers the costs of choosing a life as a healer.
-- Ursula Popp, May They be Happy - When an otherworldly light crosses between a woman and her male colleague during a work meeting, the ordinary suddenly becomes extraordinary. Share her struggles to make sense of the hidden realm that's revealed—torn between her commitment to family and a transcendent love.
-- Lindsay Pyfer, Out of the Ether - After discovering her father is a spy, a young woman struggles between keeping his secret and her own emerging political beliefs. --Amanda Mander, The Diplomat's Daughter
- Step into a journey of courage as a woman's life abruptly shifts from West Africa to San Francisco, when she learns her beloved brother is dying of AIDS.
- -Elizabeth Van Deventer, First to Let Go