Telling Secrets
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Revelations - I read this book because it was required reading for my daughter s religion class at college. I picked it up one evening because it was a small book and had an interesting title. I did not find it inspirational-- which I had thought it would be--but was pleasantly surprised that I could not put it down until I read it all that evening. It opened up thoughts and views on the past and how keeping secrets can shape a life. The author was very transparent and expressed feelings that are shared by many people. It was an excellent book proving that telling secrets can give revelations to life.
A fantastic piece - Whether or not you are a Christian, this book will be invaluable to you. Buechner is able to create an image of his life in beautiful, unpretentious prose that really gets through to you. His extended similes are especially noteworthy, and make this book one of the truly great autobiographies I have read. Telling Secrets provides valuable insights into the ethical maxims of Christianity and life in general.
In his classic form, Buechner delivers challenge! - I first read this book in 1994, and have re-read it numerous times since. Buechner leads the way in challenging us all to share the secrets of our lives only known to self and God, knowing that maybe nothing is more important than that we keep track, you and I, of these stories of who we are and where we have come from and the people we have met along the way because it is precisely these stories in all their particularity, as I have long believed and often said, that God makes himself known to each of us most powerfully and personally. (p. 30). We all have secrets. Buechner picks up the gauntlet of boldness in breaking the prison of silence, only to find freedom and forgiveness waiting on the other side of the prison doors. My margin note summarizes the message of this book best: telling secrets + forgiveness = peace!