Braving the Wilderness: Difference between revisions

📘 '''''Braving the Wilderness''''' (2017) is a nonfiction book by Brené Brown, published by Random House, that argues “true belonging” means standingbeing alonewho withyou integrityare while staying connected to others.<ref name="PRH2017" /> DrawingBrown onblends two decades oflong-running social-work research, Brownwith blends social-science findings withpersonal 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 advancesmaps four practices of truebelonging belonging—moveintended 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 infor dailyeveryday lifeuse.<ref name="LJ2017PRH2017">{{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 theThe voice asis conversationaldirect and pragmatic; Kirkusone trade review 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> OnIt releasewas itselected became a #1 New York Times bestseller and aas Reese’s Book ClubClub’s pick,January and2018 it reached Nopick. 2 on *Publishers Weekly*’s Hardcover Nonfiction list the week of 25 September 2017.<ref name="PRH2017" /><ref name="RBCRBC2018">{{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> The publisher lists it as a #1 ''New York Times'' bestseller, and it reached #2 on ''Publishers Weekly’’’s Hardcover Nonfiction list for the week of 25 September 2017.<ref name="PRH2017" /><ref name="PWNielsen2017">{{cite web |title=Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lists — Hardcover Nonfiction |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/nielsen/hardcovernonfictionHardcoverNonfiction/2017110620171016.html |website=Publishers Weekly |publisher=PWxyz, LLC |date=616 NovemberOctober 2017 |access-date=27 October 2025}}</ref>