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"How do you live?" asked Mark Matousek's older sister, Marcia, in the midst of dealing with an overwhelming depression. That question would haunt Matousek: how does a person survive his own life, the constant surprises, uncertainties, struggles, rerouting in unexpected directions? How does a soul not only preserve but come into bloom from the very muck life deals us? Seeking answers to these questions acclaimed memoirist and twenty-five year survivor of chronic illness Mark Matousek interviews hundreds of his fellow survivors and philosophical experts including Joan Didion, Elie Wiesel, Isabel Allende, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Jonathan Kozol, and Sogyal Rimpoche and brings us their wisdom in When You're Falling, Dive: Lessons in the Art of Living

Do survivors of life's greatest trials possess a secret knowledge? I s there an art to survival - a map for crossing the wilderness - of daily life? Why do some people blossom through adversity while others do not?

Drawing on twenty years' experience in this field, using stories, parables, scientific data, acclaimed memoirist Mark Matousek gives the first-ever comprehensive look at this mysterious phenomenon of viriditas, the power of drawing passion, beauty, and wisdom from the unlikeliest places. Matousek interviews hundreds of well-known survivors? - including Joan Didion, Elie Wiesel, and Isabel Allende - and experts such as Jon Kabat-Zinn, Jonathan Kozol, amd Sogyal Rinpoche. He includes extraordinary testimonials, from a Tibetan nun imprisoned by the Chinese at age eleven and the women of Calama, Chile, digging for their "disappeared," among countless others. Drawing insight and advice from these many heroic individuals, Matousek presents a chorus of wisdom for how o survive our own lives - vicissitudes of being human - and prevail.

Books

 * 1994 Dialogues With a Modern Mystic(with Andrew Harvey)
 * 1996 Sex Death Enlightenment: A True Story
 * 2000 The Boy He Left Behind: A Man’s Search for His Lost Father
 * 2008 When You're Falling, Dive: Lessons in the Art of Living
 * 2011 Ethical Wisdom: What Makes Us Good

Articles

 * The Dalai Lama's Secret: What Makes Us Good? The Huffington Post
 * Life Lessons from Peter Pan The Huffington Post