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In her powerful new book, Christina Baldwin, one of the visionaries who started the personal writing movement, explores the vital necessity of recreating a sacred common ground for each other's stories. Through story and example, Baldwin shows the power of story to connect life experiences so that we can share them, learn from them, and inspire each other through the medium of a good tale.
 "It is only in the past fifty years, and only in industrialized countries, that we have turned to machines, instead of each other, as the primary sources of entertainment and education," says Baldwin. "Most of human history people have sat around the fire, sat around the kitchen table, sat around the front porch and offered ourselves and our ordinary insights and experiences to each other. We've talked and listened, laughed and cried, and passed along incredible amounts of information about our families, traditions, beliefs, skills at problem solving, resiliency all embedded in story.
The kitchen table didn't move. The front porch didn't fall off. Baldwin's book invites readers to come back to storycatching. Each chapter in Storycatcher is carried by a fascinating tale—about people or family or community—intertwined with practical instructions on the nature of story, how it works and how we can practice it in our lives. The art of Storycatching invites us to spend time speaking and listening, writing and reading, enhancing the meaning in our lives.
See the Storycatcher Table of Contents, read chapter excerpts, and share your story >>
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Where to Purchase Storycatcher
Storycatcher may be ordered online from amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, or Powells Books, or through the PeerSpirit web site. We invite you also to consider a trip to your neighborhood independent bookstore. These lovely institutions are an endangered business in many communities that need the support of book-lovers whenever possible. In addition, many may have web sites which offer convenient and quick online ordering.
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