The Wake Up

Something has been asleep in forty-year-old cattle rancher Aiden Delacorte for a long time. It all comes back in a rush ... (more)

Something has been asleep in forty-year-old cattle rancher Aiden Delacorte for a long time. It all comes back in a rush during a hunting trip, when he{u2019}s suddenly attuned to the animals around him, feeling their pain and fear as if it were his own. But the newfound sensitivity of Aiden{u2019}s g2swake upg3s has its price. He can no longer sleepwalk through life, holding everyone at arm{u2019}s length. As he struggles to cope with a trait he's buried since childhood, Aiden falls in love with Gwen, a single mother whose young son bears a burden of his own. Sullen and broken from his experiences with an abusive father, Milo has turned to acting out in violent and rebellious ways. Aiden can feel the boy{u2019}s pain, as well as that of his victims. Now he and Milo must sift through their pasts to find empathy with the innocent as well as the guilty, to come to terms with their deepest fears, and to finally discover the compassionate heart of a family. (less)

In The Wake Up, Michelle MiJung Kim shares foundational principles often missing in today{u2019}s mainstream conversatio... (more)

In The Wake Up, Michelle MiJung Kim shares foundational principles often missing in today{u2019}s mainstream conversations around g2sdiversity and inclusion,g3s inviting readers to deep dive into the challenging and nuanced work of pursuing equity and justice, while exploring various complexities, contradictions, and conflicts inherent in our imperfect world. With a mix of in-the-trenches narrative and accessible unpacking of hot button issues{u2014}from inclusive language to representation to "cancel culture"{u2014}Michelle offers sustainable frameworks that guide us how to think, approach, and be in the journey as thoughtfully and powerfully as possible. (less)

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