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For Small Creatures Such as We

Rituals and Reflections for Finding Wonder

Sasha Sagan
Blending memoir, guidance and social history, Sasha Sagan records her search to find the spiritual in the secular. She explores how various natural phenomena influence the way in which we mark significant events, including births, weddings, anniversaries and deaths, and explains how motherhood inspired her to develop a new set of non-religious rituals for each occasion.
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Product information:
  • Publisher: Murdoch
  • Year: 2019
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 286pp
  • Illustrated: No
  • Dimensions: 207x137mm
  • ISBN: 9781911632580
  • Condition: New
  • Weight: 0.4kg
Product code:
515573
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'A charming book, ringing with the joy of existence.' - Richard Dawkins

'How often have you asked yourself: What is the meaning of life? Sasha Sagan finds it everywhere - with her family, around the world, and especially among the stars... Read her work; you'll have a deeper appreciation for your every step, every bite, and every breath.' - Bill Nye, CEO of The Planetary Society

Sasha Sagan's parents - the astronomer Carl Sagan and the writer and producer, Ann Druyan - taught her that the natural world and vast cosmos are full of profound beauty, and that science reveals truths more wondrous than any myth or fable. When Sagan herself became a mother, she began her own hunt for the phenomena behind our most treasured occasions - from births to deaths, holidays to weddings, anniversaries, and more - growing these roots into a new set of rituals for her young daughter to honour the joy and significance of each experience without relying on a religious framework.

Part memoir, part handbook and part social history, For Small Creatures Such as We is a luminous exploration of all of Earth's marvels that requires no faith in order to be believed.
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