GRATEFUL TABLE

What would happen if you were able to sit down to dinner with the likes of Alicia Keyes, Jonathan Safran Foer, Drew Barrymore, David Lynch, Morgan Freeman, Sir Ben Kingsley, Alton Brown, Neil Gaiman, Deepak Chopra, David Foster Wallace? Fascinating conversation, for sure, and one of the things all of these folks have in common is that their attitude of gratitude. All these thinkers and luminaries are in GRATEFUL TABLE, making this a thoroughly modern book of blessings, both heartfelt and deeply profound.

Saying grace is one of the loveliest traditions and has stood the test of time for good reason: it feels wonderful. Whether you hold hands and pray to the heavens above or wax poetic about the bounty of food, these blessings turn any group of people into family, connected by the power of gratitude. Compiled by the editor of and collaborator on the runaway bestseller, Attitudes of Gratitude, Brenda Knight has employed the practice of gratitude for years. This is not your grandmother's book of graces. Filled with fresh voices and contemporary expressions of thankfulness in a very beautiful package, GRATEFUL TABLE is a book of blessings to make every occasion more meaningful. Brenda Knight is a publisher and editor who writes about women's history and issues affecting women's lives today. The author of Sheroes, The Poetry Oracle, Wild Women and Books, and the American Book Award-winning Women of the Beat Generation, Brenda also does volunteer work with women newly diagnosed with breast cancer. Brenda believes everyone does have the inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness and lives in one of the happiest places on earth, the San Francisco Bay Area. Nina Lesowitz is co-author of The Party Girl Cookbook and the bestselling Living Life as a Thank You. They both live in the San Francisco Bay Area.