One Heart with Courage

<p>In <em>One Heart with Courage</em> Teri Rizvi brings a powerful original voice to a collection of essays that shows why our dreams matter. Woven throughout her writings is a deep faith in what's possible when we open our hearts.</p><p>A journalist and storyteller who has traveled widely Rizvi writes with grace and eloquence about her marriage which spans two cultures and two religions in a world that's too often divided. Her lyrical writings illuminate our shared humanity through a series of small everyday moments - a child's T-ball practice a socially distanced parking lot lunch with a friend - as well as recollections of major life milestones such as joyful weddings in foreign lands. </p><p>This debut collection explores universal themes of friendship family and faith with vulnerability hope and poignancy. The book takes its title from a phrase that Martin Sheen uttered when he received an honorary degree from the University of Dayton: Remember this above all: One heart with courage is a majority. This courage - together with a writer's lifelong curiosity - has fueled Rizvi's life journey and it is one that readers will relish taking at her side.  </p><p><em>Edited by Julie Fanselow and illustrated by Julie Lonneman</em></p><p><em>The author and publisher Braughler Books are donating all proceeds from book sales to the </em><em>Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop</em><em> endowment which helps keep the workshop affordable for writers. </em></p>