Choose Love

Inua Ellams

This is a beautiful, moving and deeply important book. It asks us to look at one another with compassion and to remember that choosing love isn't an abstract idea – it's something we do, every day, in the way we treat each other. Read it, share it and let it stay with you.

A heartfelt anthology of extraordinary stories... A book you can dip in and out of that will remind you of the never-ending triumph of the human spirit in the face of adversity

Deborah Frances-White, author of The Guilty Feminist

Unflinching in its moral clarity and compelling in its powerful storytelling, this book is an essential reminder of the resilience of the human spirit, the courage and creativity that can be found in the hardest times and, above all, the power and importance of kindness as a radical act of resistance

A hopeful and enlightening reminder of the power each of us holds to choose kindness in our everyday lives -- and of the life-changing effect that choice can have on others

This is not only a beautiful and uplifting book, but one that reminds us of the power of taking action, however big or small, to help someone or welcome someone. A vital and moving reminder of how in dark times, ordinary people choose to light a candle, and of how much that means.

Zoe Gardner, commentator on UK immigration and asylum policy

10 Writers and Refugees on Kindness in Contemporary Britain

'A beautiful, moving and deeply important book' OLIVIA COLMAN 
'Extraordinary' DEBORAH FRANCES-WHITE 
'Essential' CAROLINE LUCAS 
'Hopeful and enlightening' CECILE PIN 
 
Ten extraordinary stories from asylum seekers and refugees 
Told to ten acclaimed writers 
One powerful testament to what happens when we choose love 
 
Across the globe, more than 117 million people have been forced from their homes by conflict and crisis. Behind that vast number are individual lives: families uprooted, futures interrupted, journeys of unimaginable courage. In a time of hardening borders and deepening division, the charity Choose Love was founded to support and provide humanitarian aid to those in need. 
 
In this powerful anthology, ten acclaimed writers are paired with ten people who have experienced displacement and the UK asylum system, working together to tell stories of resilience, humanity and hope. From unexpected friendships to life-changing encounters, these pieces explore the pivotal moments when love was transformed into action – when it became shelter, solidarity, courage and friendship. 
 
Tender, urgent and profoundly humane, this book reveals the extraordinary force of ordinary kindness. It is a testament to the enduring human spirit and a call to recognise one another not as strangers, but as neighbours. 
 
Choose Love features work by Yomi Adegoke, Inua Ellams, Guy Gunaratne, Sabrina Mahfouz, Dawn O’Porter, Bohdan Piasecki, Max Porter, Monika Radojevic, Nikesh Shukla and Tania Tay.

Choose Love

Praise for Choose Love

This is a beautiful, moving and deeply important book. It asks us to look at one another with compassion and to remember that choosing love isn't an abstract idea – it's something we do, every day, in the way ...

A heartfelt anthology of extraordinary stories... A book you can dip in and out of that will remind you of the never-ending triumph of the human spirit in the face of adversity

Unflinching in its moral clarity and compelling in its powerful storytelling, this book is an essential reminder of the resilience of the human spirit, the courage and creativity that can be fou ...

This is a beautiful, moving and deeply important book. It asks us to look at one another with compassion and to remember that choosing love isn't an abstract idea – it's something we do, every day, in the way ...

A heartfelt anthology of extraordinary stories... A book you can dip in and out of that will remind you of the never-ending triumph of the human spirit in the face of adversity

Unflinching in its moral clarity and compelling in its powerful storytelling, this book is an essential reminder of the resilience of the human spirit, the courage and creativity that can be fou ...

This is a beautiful, moving and deeply important book. It asks us to look at one another with compassion and to remember that choosing love isn't an abstract idea – it's something we do, every day, in the way ...

A heartfelt anthology of extraordinary stories... A book you can dip in and out of that will remind you of the never-ending triumph of the human spirit in the face of adversity

Unflinching in its moral clarity and compelling in its powerful storytelling, this book is an essential reminder of the resilience of the human spirit, the courage and creativity that can be fou ...

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