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📘 '''''Braving the Wilderness''''' (2017) is a nonfiction book by Brené Brown, published by Random House, that argues “true belonging” means standing alone with integrity while staying connected to others.<ref name="PRH2017" /> Drawing on two decades of social-work research, Brown blends social-science findings with storytelling and direct guidance to address polarization and disconnection.<ref name="BrownAbout">{{cite web |title=About Brené |url=https://brenebrown.com/about/ |website=Brené Brown |publisher=Brené Brown |access-date=27 October 2025}}</ref><ref name="PRH2017" /> The book advances four practices of true belonging—move in, speak truth with civility, hold hands with strangers, and cultivate a “strong back, soft front, wild heart”—and organizes its chapters to show how to apply them in daily life.<ref name="LJ2017">{{cite web |title=Making the Most of Our Time |url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/Nonfiction/making-the-most-of-our-time-self-help-reviews |website=Library Journal |publisher=Library Journal |date=13 October 2017 |access-date=27 October 2025}}</ref> Reviewers describe the voice as conversational and pragmatic; Kirkus called it “an enthusiastic, practical guide” to building connection across difference.<ref name="Kirkus2017">{{cite web |title=BRAVING THE WILDERNESS |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brene-brown-1/braving-the-wilderness/ |website=Kirkus Reviews |publisher=Kirkus Media |date=2 September 2017 |access-date=27 October 2025}}</ref> On release it became a #1 New York Times bestseller and a Reese’s Book Club pick, and it reached No. 2 on *Publishers Weekly*’s Hardcover Nonfiction list the week of 25 September 2017.<ref name="PRH2017" /><ref name="RBC">{{cite web |title=Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone |url=https://reesesbookclub.com/book/braving-the-wilderness-the-quest-for-true-belonging-and-the-courage-to-stand-alone/ |website=Reese’s Book Club |publisher=Hello Sunshine |access-date=27 October 2025}}</ref><ref name="PWNielsen2017">{{cite web |title=Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lists — Hardcover Nonfiction |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/nielsen/hardcovernonfiction/20171106.html |website=Publishers Weekly |publisher=PWxyz, LLC |date=6 November 2017 |access-date=27 October 2025}}</ref>
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