Why Forgive?
Author: Johann Christoph Arnold
Paperback
So powerful that tears often impede reading.--ALA Booklist (starred review)
Shows humanity at its gut-churning worst and ennobling best through the experience of people who have endured unthinkable losses and struggled to make peace with their perpetrators.--The Denver Post
Whether relating incidents from another century or yesterday's news, Arnold swiftly transforms the reader from objective observer to intimate confidant. In his quest to discover which acts are beyond the capacity of the human spirit to forgive, he draws from the experience of celebrities, heroes, legends, and just plain ordinary folks.--Independent Publisher
Anne lost two children to the same bullet.
Josef escaped the Holocaust.
Steven was shot and paralyzed for life.
Why Forgive? brings together incredible true stories of ordinary people scarred by violence who refused to let hatred control their lives. Together they create an irrefutable testimony to the power of forgiveness, one that will challenge, inspire, and encourage others wherever they are on the road to healing. Johann Christoph Arnold, senior elder of the Bruderhof Community, is author of Be Not Afraid, Escape Routes, and Cries from the Heart. He lives in upstate New York.
