Book description
“Delectable. . . Huneven treats us to a savory plot that blends spiritual yearnings with earthly pleasures. Forks out!”—Oprah Daily * An NPR Best Book of 2022
From critically acclaimed, award-winning author Michelle Huneven, a sharp and funny novel of a congregational search committee, told as a memoir with recipes
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Why read it?
1 author picked Search as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This quirky little novel, about a churchgoer who becomes part of her congregation’s “search committee” to pick a new minister, has hidden depths.
Partly it’s about faith (and one in particular – Unitarian Universalism). But what it’s really about is consensus. And what hard work that process is. Surprisingly, arriving at a compromise solution that may not be everyone’s first choice but that everyone can live with, requires one or a few people to emerge as leaders. And a wise choice depends on folks being open to each others’ insights. Compromise is an exercise in intellectual humility.
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