“Get ready to be surprised. From putting hexes on her foes to walking labyrinths, Quinn takes us along on her own journey through what George Eliot called the ‘dim lights and tangled circumstance’ of life. In a word, she’s always seeking, and usually finds, magic. Revealing, eloquent, and heartfelt.” -- Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Lion

“Sally Quinn’s memoir is, like her, utterly unique: a glorious, rollicking, captivating ride through the worlds of journalism, politics, and culture that takes us across the globe but finally leads us to the most important destination of all: the heart.” -- James Martin, SJ, author of Jesus: A Pilgrimage

“This powerful memoir is a testament to both a love of magic and the magic of love. I was always intrigued by Sally Quinn and now I know why.” -- Marianne Williamson, New York Times bestselling author of Tears to Triumph and A Return to Love

“The Washington Post journalist reflects on the spiritual quest that has brought deeper meaning to her life, and kept her grounded within the high-powered political world of Washington, D.C.’s elite.” -- Publishers Weekly

“A sort of Eat Pray Love for the This Town set, [Sally Quinn’s Finding Magic] offers an intimate, at times painful look inside her exceedingly public life.” -- The Washingtonian

“Openly, and in a highly readable way, she tells her life story.” -- Booklist

“Captivating.” -- Om Times

“A grieving widow and devoted mother to a son who has known many challenges, her writing about these most important relationships in her life hints at the depth and breadth of her exploration of human suffering and renewal. . . . Quinn’s memoir is ultimately a love story.” -- Washington Post

“Sally Quinn’s shocking next act: she’s become a champion of spirituality” -- The Daily Beast

“Washington Post exec editor Ben Bradlee’s widow Sally Quinn—TV reporter, DC monitor, knower of every pol’s every secret, military child in 22 schools, student of the occult, voodoo, magic, astrology, tarot, palmistry, Ouija, etc—finds her magic.” -- Page Six

In this emotional, inviting, and illuminating memoir, Sally Quinn—journalist, television commentator, and longtime Washington insider—reveals the late-in-life discovery that her entire life could best be understood as a spiritual quest. Quinn takes us through the many stages of her spiritual awakening: summers spent as a child with her Scots Presbyterian family in the South, where she learned voodoo from the household staff; her trials as a hospitalized military child in Japan during the Korean war; her education at twenty-two different schools; her adventures as a Washington Post reporter; her short tenure as the first female network anchor on the CBS Morning News; her falling in love with the Post’s executive editor Ben Bradlee; her caring for a learning- disabled son; and her keeping vigil during her beloved husband’s illness and death. These varied and intense experiences birthed a fascination with religion that led to her creating the popular website On Faith, an online community for faith and spirituality.

Quinn’s roller-coaster, irreverent, and candid story provides a surprising lens into what it means to live life full of passion, grace, and love. Throughout this radiant, thoughtful, and startlingly intimate memoir, she brings to light how each of us—if we possess the heart and mind to look for it throughout our lives—can find magic all along the way.