Big Love

BIG LOVE is a bold, intimate, powerful collection of writing on how to find your way back to center--to love--no matter who you are or what your circumstances. Scott Stabile, a writer, teacher, and blogger with a Facebook community of 350,000 people, has faced his share of pain. When Scott was fourteen, his parents were murdered in the store they ran in inner-city Detroit. Nine years later, his brother died of a heroin overdose. In this powerful, uplifting, and often hilarious collection of personal writing, Scott writes about these experiences and more, from his awkward time donating sperm, to overcoming the failure of writing a box office bomb, to the wrenching experience of leaving a cult after thirteen years. He writes about shame, the struggle to be authentic, and the search for happiness, always connecting the importance of love as the most direct path to overall well-being. Each chapter includes personal development takeaways, allowing readers to apply what he's learned from his experiences to their own growth and healing journey. BIG LOVE compels readers to always return to love, both of themselves and our world.

Some themes Scott explores in his book:

* Forgiveness: a journey to forgive the man who murdered my parents

* Compassion: my struggle to love my heroin-addicted brother

* Empathy: an interaction with a lovely flight attendant

* Authenticity: intense criticism of my own dancing

* Failure: total humiliation over writing a box office bomb

* Friendship: shock over the sudden death of my former roommate.