Janet’s book wins 2011 Nautilus Book Award – wahoo!

Janet

It’s been so wonderful to see Janet Thomas’ work get the recognition it deserves, and the trend continues as the 2011 Nautilus Book Awards were announced and her memoir DAY BREAKS OVER DHARAMSALA: A Memoir Of Life Lost and Found was named a Silver Winner.

Janet’s well-attended reading for the book last year at Griffin Bay Books was a moving experience in its own right – if you missed that, and haven’t read the book yet, you have a great experience ahead of you. Here’s more about the book and here’s more about the award.

Here’s what folks have said about the book – they put it best:

The 2011 Nautilus Award Winner (Silver)

This is a wonderful, devastating, exquisitely written book. I unhesitatingly recommend it to all seekers and all those who want to understand the spirit’s capacity to survive ordeal with grace and courage.” — Andrew Harvey, Author of The Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism

“Brilliantly conceived and beautifully executed, Day Breaks Over Dharamsala is the story of Thomas’s travels in India, and of her decades-long spiritual journey from mute, uncomprehending victim to fluent, powerful and persuasive survivor. It should be required reading for parents, teachers, all others who work with children, and adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Or who love a fine story.” — Norm Stamper, Author of Breaking Rank: A Top Cop’s Expose of the Dark Side of American Policing

Janet Thomas’s journey, as embodied by her book, is a gem. I have never before read a memoir of suffering and death that so synthesizes wisdom, compassion, joy, and the pure grit of hanging on swinging from the most perilous heights. Day Breaks Over Dharamsala is a masterpiece. —Jim Douglass, Author of JFK and the Unspeakable

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