I wandered the aisles at Barnes & Noble, looking for a captivating story---a much-needed break from dense clinical textbooks. Scanning the shelves, my eyes lit up as I noticed Kate DiCamillo's new book, The Beatryce Prophecy. Kate's stories always leave me feeling tearful and full of hope at the same time---my favorite kind of story. (Listen to Kate describe her "sacred work" here.)
Beatryce is an outsider who is rescued by Brother Edrik, a monk with a crooked eye and a peculiar, sentient goat. Beatryce has clearly suffered trauma, and has survived by forgetting everything except her name. Brother Edrik recognizes her distress and grounds her with these words: "You are Beatryce. You can read and write. You have friends in this world. That is who you are." Read more of this post
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