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Book Details:
Book Title: Hope...And The Hedgehog by Tom Vaughan
Category: Adult Non-Fiction (18+), 100 pages
Genre: Philosophy/Spirituality/New-Age
Publisher: Choir Press
Release date: May 2022
Content Rating: G. It has no swearwords or sex scenes.
Hope…. And The Hedgehog is a ‘pocketbook philosophy for the present age’, a digestible exploration of the meaning of life which aims to unpick the big questions most of us spend our lives avoiding: how did life begin, how does it end, and what happens to us after we die?
Is there life after death? Is there a higher power? Or, is life one big cosmic accident; a clash of particles and atoms and one big bang? Tom looks instead at the power of faith and spirituality which he separates from religion. While he does not attempt to present any definitive argument, he looks at all sides, gathering thoughts from history’s most influential philosophers and scientists.
He makes the proposition that, between only two possible explanations for the existence of life, there is a greater likelihood of the one over the other. He believes in the importance of opening up our minds and finding more of a sense of purpose and direction in life - a view that, as we look towards a post-lockdown future, will resonate with many people.
"I chose the book’s title Hope ... and the Hedgehog because hope is one of the principal drivers we resort to as human beings when confronted with a challenge to which there is no obvious solution. In the case of this book, that challenge is a very prickly issue: how we came into existence. It is an issue that we are all drawn to, but at the same time we do not want to handle or investigate too closely. Like the proverbial elephant in the room, we know that little hedgehog is there, we just prefer to leave it be – even if, in the end, there is no avoiding it." - Tom Vaughan, May 2022.
First of all, I am glad author Tom Vaughan explained the Hedgehog in connection with this book in the beginning, because I had no idea where he was coming up with a Hedgehog and the contents of this book. In Hope...And The Hedgehog, Tom Vaughan talks about the questions could there be life after death and is there some higher power in the Heavens that controls our life after we die?
In reading this book, it's easy to tell the amount of research and time Tom Vaughan has spent on these subjects before writing this book. He doesn't speak of only one opinion, he speaks on each one and what he has found about each. And Vaughan doesn't try to persuaded you either way. And I appreciate him for that. It was interesting and sometimes sad to read about everything in this book, but I will say, much of the book I don't see eye to eye with because my faith has settled all of the questions for me, and much of the fears. If these are questions you might have, this book may be what you are searching for.
I received a copy of this book from the author and iReadBookTours. I was not ask to write a favorable review. The opinions in this review are mine only.
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Tom’s life has come full circle from his first career as co-founder of the successful chain of Juliana’s discotheques, which he started in the 60’s and grew to be the world’s largest entertainment group of its type at the time, with offices in London, New York, Singapore and Sidney. With no scientific, philosophical or theological training and few school qualifications but armed with heaps of life experience as an entrepreneur, Tom switches gear with his latest work Hope...And The Hedgehog to take on the role of ‘everyman philosopher’, creating a new book that makes people stop and think.
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