A Fragile Life Marathon & cross-country running Or to represent a young

Or to represent a young mother whose abusive childhood has left her depressed and struggling to cope

entries cover art from all over the world

exploring the role that trauma has played in shaping their literary works

bestselling author of THE GIRL WHO FELL BENEATH THE SEA

A Fragile Life Marathon & cross-country running Or to represent a youngOffering a guide on how to positively engage suffering, Todd May ultimately lays out a new way of thinking about how we exist in the world, one that reassures us that our suffering, rather than a failure of physical or psychological resilience, is a powerful and essential part of life itself It is perhaps our noblest cause, and certainly one of our oldest: to end suffering. Think of the Buddha, Chuang Tzu, or Marcus Aurelius: stoically composed