Falling Back in Love with Being Human

Letters to Lost Souls

By: Kai Cheng Thom

Narrated by: Kai Cheng Thom

A national bestseller in Canada, hailed by The New York Times as an “intimate expression of self-acceptance and forgiveness, tenderly written to fellow trans women and others.”

“Required reading.”—Glennon Doyle, #1 bestselling author of Untamed

A THEM AND AUTOSTRADDLE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • FINALIST FOR THE PAT LOWTHER MEMORIAL AWARD

What happens when we imagine loving the people—and the parts of ourselves—that we do not believe are worthy of love?

Kai Cheng Thom grew up a Chinese Canadian transgender girl in a hostile world. As an activist, psychotherapist, conflict mediator, and spiritual healer, she’s always pursued the same deeply personal mission: to embrace the revolutionary belief that every human being, no matter how hateful or horrible, is intrinsically sacred.

But then Kai Cheng found herself in a crisis of faith, overwhelmed by the viciousness with which people treated one another, and barely clinging to the values and ideals she’d built her life around: justice, hope, love, and healing. Rather than succumb to despair and cynicism, she gathered all her rage and grief and took one last leap of faith: she wrote. Whether prayers or spells or poems—and whether there’s a difference—she wrote to affirm the outcasts and runaways she calls her kin. She wrote to flawed but nonetheless lovable men, to people with good intentions who harm their own, to racists and transphobes seemingly beyond saving. What emerged was a blueprint for falling back in love with being human.

Just what I needed to hear.

Kai Cheng Thom is amazing. This book is the perfect read for you if you’re going through a hard time feeling betrayed by someone you love/d or if you’re feeling alone in the world. You are not alone and these poems will help remind you of that. Listen with an open mind and an open heart.

Beautiful

I wholeheartedly loved this book. Written with so much love and highlighting the importance of what it means to be human. I highly recommend reading it

Amazing

I loved everything about this book even though I’m still closer to the goddess of vengeance

transformative poetry

This book was a beautiful emotional journey. I found myself feeling loved, angry, guilty, ashamed, grieving and seen. These parts of me arose to the surface so I could offer them compassion. I'm reminded of why I love poetry and inspired to write my own

Absolutely amazing

This is absolutely amazing. This takes a lot at the worst parts of humanity and gives us a little bit of hope. Kai writes with so much passion and grace. Kai narrates the book perfectly. I highly recommend.