Meeting in the Margins An Invitation to Encounter Society's Invisible People [Paperback]

When Cynthia Trenshaw, recently widowed, moves to Berkeley, she thinks the reason she has transplanted herself is to earn her masters degree in theology. Butwhen, step by unexpected step, she is drawn into the cultural borderlands where societys invisible people reside, she encounters dispossessed and demanding teachers not listed on any academic rosterand becomes immersed in a heady curriculum of helplessness and joy, wisdom and pain.A book that encourages readers to receive the generosity and reciprocity of the margins,Meeting in the Marginsoffers guidance for how we can all, as individuals, begin to repair the rift between the margins and the mainstream of societysimply by being profoundly present.2018 IPPY Gold Medal Winner in Current Events II (Social Issues/Humanitarian)Meeting in the Marginsis a dangerous book. It will move you, shake you, change you, and leave you with a profound sense that you have been in the presence of the holy. Cynthia Trenshaws intention is to do just that. She is a brilliant writer. Simply by telling the truth in stories that she herself has lived, she takes us into touching distance of those whom Rabindrinath Tagore called the poorest, the lowliest, and lost.
—Pat Schneider, author ofWriting Alone and With Others, andHow the Light Gets In: Writing as a Spiritual Practice, both from Oxford University Press

A beautifully written, challenging, and thought-provoking book, one that truly leads us to insights and recognitions that make it possible to contemplate a world that works for all. I havent seen anything like it. Trenshaws book contributes to helping us see the world at the margins with clarity.
—Margaret J. Wheatley, author ofSo Far From Home, Perseverance, Turning to One Another, andLeadership and the New Science

Cynthia Trenshaw is a gifted writer, massage therapist and pilgrim who has chosen to journey with those who al“ž