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Stories We Tell Ourselves

Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe

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Stories We Tell Ourselves

Written by: Richard Holloway
Narrated by: Richard Holloway
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Throughout history we have told ourselves stories to try and make sense of what it all means: our place in a small corner of one of billions of galaxies, at the end of billions of years of existence. In this new book Richard Holloway takes us on a personal, scientific and philosophical journey to explore what he believes the answers to the biggest of questions are. He examines what we know about the universe into which – without any choice in the matter – we are propelled at birth and from which we are expelled at death, the stories we have told about where we come from, and the stories we tell to get through this muddling experience of life.

Thought-provoking, revelatory, compassionate and playful, Stories We Tell Ourselves is a personal reckoning with life’s mysteries by one of the most important and beloved thinkers of our time.

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Critic Reviews

"An engaging, erudite explanation of how he came to be where he now stands and is a warning against the cruel righteousness of many belief systems"
"If every priest and imam, every MP and CEO, every person like you and me read this, then the world would be a better place. It is devastatingly humane. It blends science, philosophy and religion and admits the art (and artifice) in these avowedly objective forms. Erudition and empathy; I wept" (DAMIAN BARR)
"Engaging and uplifting. . . . this personal, scientific and philosophical journey to explore what might be the answers to the world’s biggest questions is both playful and inspiring . . . The richness of this book challenged the short space of a review"
"Thought-provoking [and] stimulating . . . a sane guide through the turbulence of the modern world, one written with humour and self-deprecating pessimism"
"There is much in this book to make you think, much to provoke argument for and against"
"This may be the book I’ve been searching for, desperately, throughout most of my life . . . it represents a first step toward a new form of spiritual thought . . . What Holloway does most powerfully is dismiss certainty in all its forms, political as well as religious . . . Holloway brings a message of spiritual hope for all"
"Wise, witty and provocative . . . This is an important book, for all of us who want to understand the world and each other. You put it down refreshed"
"[Told] exceptionally well . . . Holloway is right to ask us to examine the story we live by to see whether it does in fact make us respond in practice to suffering. He does so with his characteristic honesty, verve and punch"
"Praise for Waiting for the Last Bus: A wonderful, wise, compassionate and befriending piece of work" (KATHRYN MANNIX, author of With the End in Mind)
"Thought-provoking, revelatory, grave and comforting. It is impossible not to be moved by it in the most profound way" (ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH)
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