Westerly Library & Wilcox Park and Martin House Books host Gunilla Norris, for an author talk and signing discussing her latest books, Deep Friendship and Coming to Our Senses. Copies of these books and Gunilla’s backlist will be available to purchase at the event and Gunilla will be signing and personalizing any books purchased at the event.

This event is free to attend, however event registration is encouraged. Please CLICK HERE to register for the event.

About the author:

Gunilla Norris grew up in Argentina, Sweden, and the U.S. A psychotherapist in private practice for fifty years, she has been privileged to accompany many people on journeys of growth and healing. As a writer she has published eleven children’s books, four books of poetry, and twelve books on the spirituality of the everyday, most notably, Being Home. She continues to write. Visit www.gunillanorris.com.

Book Summaries:

Deep Friendship is a book about spirituality in deep friendship. It invites the reader to think about what it takes to be in and to develop an abiding, loving and conscious relationship. In its pages we are reminded that to have the deep love of a friend is to have the shelter in which to embody more and more of the essence that we each are. In holding each other with trust and compassion our shells fall away and we emerge into the world as freer beings. Participating in a true friendship is profound and holy work. Deep Friendship is a companion for the journey.

"True lovers, Rilke observes in his Letters to a Young Poet, are 'two silences that border, protect, and salute one another.' To my mind, that quote quintessentially captures the spirit of Gunilla's book, and her wise and compassionate reflections beautifully convey the music of this dance." ― from the foreword

Deep Friendship shows how, by holding each other with trust and compassion, our shells fall away, and we emerge as freer beings. Participating in a true friendship is profound and holy work. This book is a gift for the journey.

"Gunilla Norris has gifted us with a marvelous book on creating and nurturing authentic friendships. The poetry of her words will bless you with every page turn. Deep Friendship sings of a resilient faith lifted out of the dance of life."

―Macrina Wiederkehr, OSB, retreat guide and author of Abide: Keeping Vigil with the Word of God

Coming to Our Senses

"We have bodies that are wise. We have senses that connect us to our surroundings and to each other. We also have hearts that can intuit and guide us. Inner nudges from our hearts are important. To be fully alive we need to pay attention to them. It is in coming to our senses that we combine all the ways we can know into a lived soulfulness." ―from the Introduction

"Timeless wisdom, poetic and true, to return to again and again as you journey on the path. Coming to Our Senses is a beautiful invitation to enter the flow of our lives and discover the boundless mystery of who we really are." ―Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance