Love and Courage [Paperback]

Hugh Prather (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 9, 2001

In diarylike entries, author Hugh Prather records his observations -- and sometimes startling personal confessions -- on the longings, commitments, struggles, and joys that weave through life. Sharing his insights as well as his anguish and mistakes, he urges readers to ponder the values of love and courage, friendship and generosity, truth and justice. One entry describes the moment of knowing that it's time for a friendship to end. Another delves into the dangerous but compelling mix of eroticism and impropriety. He probes issues of right and wrong, candidly confessing his own fallibility. Prather's ability to speak both personally and universally makes this book profound yet accessible, as he touches on topics such as friendship, love, partnership, jealousy, pain, fear, and confusion.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Conari Press (November 9, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573247243
• ISBN-13: 978-1573247245
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #988,796 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great, January 12, 2002

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Pauline (Rancho Cucamonga, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Love and Courage (Paperback)

I think this book depicts the art of life... and give the best advice to live by. Everyone should have this in their book collections.

5.0 out of 5 stars Honest, June 3, 2011

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S. K. Eggert "Sandy" (Scott Township, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love and Courage (Paperback)

Hugh Prather expresses love and courage in this book through his honesty. I get the sense that he never sees his doubt and despair as separate from his faith. He doesn't circumvent tough topics. He allows his reader to find relief through the enormous generosity of his writing. In this book he manages to hold up the mirror of humanity and that is both comforting and humbling. RIP Hugh Prather.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars a dart board, August 18, 2010

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Cesar Trujillo "Cesar" (Phoenix, Arizona, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love and Courage (Kindle Edition)

I have heard that this author is somewhat of a celebrity in that he has enjoyed many a college class contemplating his work and many a coffee shop goer muse over his poetic tidbits. I am not sure I can fully sympathise with his breakdown of the human existence and interpersonal relationships that affect us all. I was moved by several of the short nuggets of prose that were exhumed from a splattering of ideas on a dart board. I have heard it said that if you throw enough darts at a dart board, you will hit the bulls-eye at least once. I think this is true of this work. That is not to say that it is intrinsically bad by any means. I just see too much mash-up of ideas and emotion that possibly lead to revelation when set in a whole but as a finished work it seems just to scatterbrained. I want some more organization in the writing. I prefer if you are reading things that just don't seem to make sense at first later lead to some greater enlightenment. It is almost as though Prather is should be leading to larger and more intimate divulgences that leave the reader with a more poignant understanding of his angst and then we could ourselves then possibly draw a parallel to our own lives.