Paperback: "A story told at the right time in someone's life can shine a light sufficiently bright to illuminate the way ahead on the map of life." - The Therapeutic Use of Stories (1997), edited by Kedar Nath Dwivedi
What is forgiveness?
Are some acts unforgivable?
Can forgiveness take the place of revenge?
The Forgiveness Project (2015) contains powerful real-life stories from survivors and perpetrators of crime and violence and reveals the true impact of forgiveness on ordinary people worldwide.
It explores forgiveness as an alternative to resentment or retaliation. The storytellers give honest, moving accounts of their experiences and what part forgiveness has played in their lives. Despite extreme circumstances, their stories open the door to a society without revenge.
"The Forgiveness Project has a real transformative power. It is a significant document of the human spirit. It is an important and memorable statement of hope. To read it is like standing in the light of a gentle, healing sun. It is another reason to feel hopeful at a time when people seem to be turning against one another and we are in danger of facing a bleak future of religious and social confrontation. Every one of these accounts is the clearest and most convincing of refutations of those messages of conflict and hatred, the best answer we can give to them. Marina Cantacuzino points out that forgiveness is neither black nor white, but is, she feels, grey. She is right - but what a warming, vivid grey it is." - Alexander McCall Smith, Foreword, January 2015.
All royalties from the sale of this book go to The Forgiveness Project charity. This book is dedicated to all those people who have shared their stories with the author over the years and provided the source and inspiration for everything she knows about forgiveness.
About the author: Marina Cantacuzino's background is in journalism. Her work has appeared in most mainstream publications in the UK, including The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, The Times, The Observer, plus many magazines both home and abroad, and most recently in a regular blog for The Huffington Post. She has collaborated with NGOs on overseas campaignb stoires and in 2001, co-created the One in Four exhibition as part of the Department of Health's Mind out for Mental Health campaign.
In 2003, in response to escalating global conflict, Marina embarked on a very personal project collecting stories in words and pictures from people who had lived through violence, tragedy or injustice and sought forgiveness or reconciliation rather than retaliation or revenge. From this, along with photographer Brian Moody, she created 'The F Word' exhibition: a collection of images and personal narratives from around the world exploring forgiveness and understanding in the face of atrocity. The success of the exhibition, which launched in London in 2004, led to Marina founding The Forgiveness Project.
In September 2015, Marina was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Dalai Lama Centre for Compassion. Marina is married and lives in London.
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