Let the Whole Thundering World Come Home

A Memoir

Natalie Goldberg

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Shambhala Publications Inc
15 June 2018

Diaries, letters & journals

A powerful memoir from Natalie Golderg--the woman who changed the way writing is taught in this country--sharing her experience with cancer grounded in her practice of writing and Zen.

A powerful memoir from Natalie Goldberg-the woman who changed the way writing is taught in this country-sharing her experience with cancer grounded in her practice of writing and Zen

Let the Whole Thundering World Come Home begins at the grave of Katagiri Roshi, Natalie's Zen teacher, in Japan. Twenty years after Katagiri's death and Natalie's return to New Mexico, she is permanently settled in Santa Fe with her partner, Yukwan. Except that, as Buddhism teaches us, nothing is permanent. Natalie learns that she has CLL, a potentially fatal form of blood cancer.

For two years, Natalie dances with her cancer-visiting doctor after doctor, attempting treatment after treatment. Nothing helps; in fact, one of the treatments only feeds the cancer and encourages its growth. Then Natalie's partner, Yukwan discovers that she, too, has cancer-breast cancer-as well as an off-the-charts oncotype score that requires her to have surgery immediately. The cancer twins, as Natalie calls herself and Yukwan, now must each navigate her own illness, carve out her own cancer territory. Each can provide only limited emotional and physical energy for the other. And, somehow, they both need to find a way to stay together, to stay in love-and to heal.

As the title expresses, Let the Whole Thundering World Come Home is so much more than a cancer memoir. Through a direct and grounded narrative, Natalie illuminates a path through illness- that we need to be in love with the lives we have, to embrace the dark and the light in our lives. For Natalie, writing and painting represent the light, and her cancer takes her deeper into her art practices. Balanced with a Zen practice that helps to her face death, this book is a moving meditation on living life in full bloom.

By: Natalie Goldberg
Imprint: Shambhala Publications Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 127mm,
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9781611805673
ISBN 10: 1611805678
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 15 June 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

NATALIE GOLDBERG is the author of fourteen books, including Writing Down the Bones, which has changed the way writing is taught in this country. She teaches retreats nationally and internationally. She lives in New Mexico.

Reviews for Let the Whole Thundering World Come Home: A Memoir

With alert stillness infused with intention, Natalie Goldberg meets mortality head-on. Beautifully written, this is a book about love, loss, and down-to-the-marrow courage. --Wendy Johnson, author of Gardening at the Dragon's Gate