'An essential guide for fostering nuanced and intricate conversations in today’s polarized society’ (Gillian Anderson)
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From the bestselling author of The Guilty Feminist, a book about how to change minds - including your own 'An essential guide for fostering nuanced and intricate conversations in today's polarized society' GILLIAN ANDERSON 'The book we need right nowabout the dilemmas of our time. Deborah's insight & clarity gives us something to aspire to' DAVID TENNANT 'If you have ever felt shut down, this book is a godsend' EMMA THOMPSON 'Finally! A book to succinctly express the complexity of our age. Fiercely intellectual, thought provoking and inspiring' TOM ALLEN 'Compassionate, rigorous, electric!'' TRAVIS ALABANZA *** Are you ready to talk? Why have disagreements become so flammable? Why are progressive people calling for censorship in comedy? How has the so-called 'transgender debate' become so toxic and what can we do to help? How is our empathy being manipulated by the internet? How does AI operate like a psychopath? How do we achieve progress in today's, y'know, screaming hellscape?
We are understandably scared to have difficult conversations right now. But comedian and bestselling writer Deborah Frances-White is even more scared of not having them.
Having grown up in a cult which shut down any dissent, Deborah sees the same tactics being used in our rapidly changing society. She knows the value of freedom of speech, critical thinking and the ability to argue well. And as the host of hit podcast The Guilty Feminist, she has been having difficult conversations in public for almost a decade.
In her new, urgent page-turner Deborah examines how the world has come to this and what we can actually do about it. Most importantly, she explores how to change minds, including our own. Deborah invites us to boldly meet this moment in history with hope, clarity and courage. She has written, as Desiree Burch says, 'a book to leave you transformed.'
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'A wonderful invitation to open your mind, open your heart and let some nuance and compassion in' MARY ANN SIEGHART 'A must read. In a world full of noise and confusion, this book illuminates a pathway to real debate' JULIA GILLARD 'Humane, rigorous and important' BRIDGET CHRISTIE ''I can't believe that the best conversation I've ever had about some of the most heated topics of today, was with this book' DAN SCHREIBER 'Stimulating, challenging, disarming, original, pithy, gritty and witty - a must read' KATHY LETTE
Praise for Deborah Frances-White and THE GUILTY FEMINIST: 'Quite possibly the defining feminist of our generation' ELIZABETH DAY 'Very funny, very clever, very thoughtful and very relevant' DOLLY ALDERTON 'Breathes life into conversations about feminism' PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE
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A mental macchiato on every page. Stimulating, challenging, disarming, original, pithy, gritty and witty - a must read. Administer immediately
Emma Thompson
Nothing feels worse than not being able to talk, to ask questions, to engage, to disagree, to agree, to enjoy one another's often divergent views and to accept one another in the spirit of human oddness. If you have ever felt shut down, this book is a godsend. The greatest thing about it is it invites you to disagree just as much as it invites you to re-consider. Writing it was an act of profound philosophical compassion
Travis Alabanza
Deborah has written the exact book the world needs to read right now. Compassionate, rigorous, electric!
Mary Ann Sieghart
This book is a wonderful invitation to open your mind, open your heart and let some nuance and compassion in. You won't agree with everything Deborah writes, but that's the whole point!
Bridget Christie
Humane, rigorous and important
David Tennant
Deborah Frances-White writes with the clear sightedness that we need right now. She gives us hope that some of the most intractable dilemmas of today might just might be manageable if we can all connect with each other. In this book Deborah's insight and clarity gives us all something to aspire to
Julia Gillard
A must read that will leave you agreeing in part, disagreeing in part and still thinking, which is exactly the point. In a world full of noise and confusion, but lacking in hope, this book illuminates a pathway to real debate, enriched by deep thinking and calm reasoning
The Bookseller, Non-Fiction Book of the Month
A truly excellent primer about how we might talk about the thorniest of current issues, encouraging us to ask difficult questions, and properly listen to the answers
Tom Allen
Finally! A book to succinctly express the complexity of our age. Fiercely intellectual, thought provoking and inspiring. The world would be a better place if we all had a conversation with Deborah Frances-White. I love a chat but this is a conversation actually worth having!
Dan Schreiber
I can't believe that the best conversation I've ever had about some of the most heated topics of today, was with this book
Desiree Burch
Where we (ideally) as a cohesive society are hoping to go--well... we really can't get there from here. But the marvellous insights and instructions found in Six Conversations We're Scared to Have help get us to where we need to start. Six Conversations enables more of us to sit with the discomfort of an exchange we'd rather "block", have empathy for someone who (in good faith) disagrees with us, hold fast to our overarching goals, and leave the discussion feeling transformed rather than triggered
Gillian Anderson
An essential guide for fostering nuanced and intricate conversations in today's polarized society
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