Read by: Don Lemon
Language: English
Length: 5 hours and 50 minutes
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Release date: 2024-09-10
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Apple | Top Audiobooks - Biographies & Memoirs | 26 | September 19, 2024 | |
Apple | Top Audiobooks - All | 53 | September 19, 2024 | |
Apple | Top Audiobooks - Biographies & Memoirs | 7 | September 19, 2024 | |
Audible | Top Biographies & Memoirs Audiobooks (Audible Premium) | 96 | September 18, 2024 | |
Audible | Top Politics & Social Sciences Audiobooks | 91 | September 18, 2024 |
In a deeply personal follow-up to his #1 bestseller This is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends about Racism, a modern media iconoclast faces a test of faith—and reveals how such tribulations can make us stronger, as individuals and as a nation.
Renowned journalist Don Lemon always had a complicated relationship with God. He cherished the Southern Black church he was raised in, but struggled with the fundamentalist rejection of his right to exist as a gay man—one who wanted to marry his longtime love in a church wedding with all the traditional trimmings. In his work as a reporter, moreover, he saw his fellow Americans losing faith in a higher power, in institutions, and in each other.
Setting out to understand the place that religion has in our lives today, Don turned a journalistic eye on ancient stories and found connections that sparked memories, conversations, and chance encounters. Then, suddenly, his world unraveled: In a blaze of inglorious headlines, Don was ousted from his high-profile network news job and tasked with redefining his role in the shifting media landscape. But through a year of personal changes and professional whiplash, he kept his “eyes on the prize” and ultimately found what he was seeking: grace, within himself and in this nation we call home.
Rich with humor and Louisiana realness, I Once Was Lost is a prayer for a country that reflects the multifaceted image of God and a clarion call to those who believe in our common humanity enough to fight for it.