Cold Tangerines by Shauna Niequist

Cold Tangerines by Shauna Niequist

Cold Tangerines is a collection of stories that celebrate the extraordinary moments hidden in our everyday lives. It is about God, and about life, and about the thousands of daily ways in which an awareness of God changes and infuses everything. It is about spiritual life, and about all the things that we have called nonspiritual life that might be spiritual after all. It is the snapshots of a young woman making peace with herself and her life, and trying to craft a life that captures the energy and exuberance we long for in the midst of the fear and regret and envy we all carry with us. It is both a voice of challenge and song of comfort, calling us upward to the best possible life, and giving us room to breathe, to rest, to break down and break through. Cold Tangerines offers bright and varied glimpses of hope and redemption, in and among the heartbreak and boredom and broken glass.

Cold Tangerines, Bittersweet, Bread & Wine, and Savor are all written by Shauna Niequist. She is married to Aaron and has two crazy, silly, and adorable boys named Henry and Mac. They live just outside of Chicago, where Aaron is the director of The Practice and is working on a new liturgy project called A New Liturgy. Shauna also contributes to the Storyline Blog and IF: Table, is a member of the Relevant podcast, and teaches at her church as a guest teacher. Family, dinner parties, and books are Shauna's three major loves, and she believes that vulnerable storytelling, hard laughter, and cold pizza for breakfast can cure practically everything.