Everything is Extraordinary: True stories about how we live, love and pay attention

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Cole Moreton

Everything is Extraordinary

True stories about how we live, love and pay attention

Cole Moreton

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John Murray Publishers Ltd
12 December 2023

Autobiography: religious & spiritual; Christianity; Christian spirituality & religious experience

"'Clive James raged against the dying of the light, as you would expect from a man who had punched out prose like a prizefighter all his life; yet he also showed grace and gratitude at being allowed to stay in that light for a little while longer. He saw beauty in even the smallest things. Every moment was potentially precious, because there were so few left. As his daughter Claerwen said, for him ""Everything was Extraordinary.""'

What if we could learn to live with such awareness long before the end? To appreciate every moment, and every encounter with another human or with the natural world around us? Might we, too, learn that everything is extraordinary? That we are interconnected and interdependent?

Each encounter we have with another person is potentially meaningful because our very humanity depends on being connected with others. As Desmond Tutu says: 'I couldn't be a human being on my lonesome, I wouldn't know what to do.'

In a set of lyrical meditations, award-winning writer and interviewer Cole Moreton takes us face-to-face with the famous, the infamous -- and others with insights to share -- from Scarlett Johansson, Tiger Woods and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to Zahra, a refugee who crossed the Channel on a tiny, overladen rubber boat. We meet all of them as equals and each fascinating story tells us something about the way we live, love and reach out to find each other, whoever we are.

Everything Is Extraordinary builds into a mesmerising and lyrical meditation on the joy of being alive and open to the world. All we need to do is pay attention."

By: Cole Moreton
Imprint: John Murray Publishers Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 218mm, Width: 144mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 360g
ISBN: 9781399800372
ISBN 10: 139980037X
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 12 December 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Cole Moreton is a writer and broadcaster exploring who we are and what we believe in. Cole was named as Interviewer of the Year at the Press Awards for his work with the Mail on Sunday. Cole has covered many of the major news stories of our times as a writer for titles including The Telegraph, The Guardian and The Financial Times and was once executive editor of the late, lamented Independent on Sunday. Cole's new podcast Can We Talk? is a series of crafted short stories about encounters with remarkable people and what we can learn about how to live. He is the author of four non-fiction books.

Reviews for Everything is Extraordinary: True stories about how we live, love and pay attention

'Cole proves how we all need stories in our lives. Proper stories. Well told... this hits just the right spot' * Fi Glover, co-host of Off Air … With Jane & Fi. * 'A brilliant, sensitive storyteller, Cole produces perfectly formed mini epics that are both thought-provoking and hugely entertaining' * Anita Anand, bestselling author and broadcaster *