The Misfit’s Manifesto Audiobook (Free)

A self-defined misfit makes a robust case for not fitting in-for recognizing the beauty, and difficulty, in forging an original path.

A misfit is someone who missed fitting in, a person who fits in terribly, or this: somebody who is poorly adapted to fresh situations and environments. It’s a shameful word, a word no one typically tries to own. Until now.

Lidia Yuknavitch is a proud misfit. That wasn’t often the situation. It had taken Lidia quite a while to not merely accept, but enjoy, her misfit about The Misfit’s Manifesto status. Having flunked out of college twice (and maybe a good third period that she’s not going to tell you about), with two epic divorces under her belt, an episode of rehab for drug use, and two stints in jail, she experienced like she would never easily fit into. She was a hopeless misfit. She’d failed as daughter, wife, mother, scholar-and the dream of being a article writer was stuck like “a little sad rock” in her throat.

The feeling of not fitting in is universal. The Misfit’s Manifesto is for misfits around the world-the rebels, the eccentrics, the oddballs, and anyone who has ever sensed like she was ruining. It’s Lidia’s love letter to all those who can’t ever seem to discover the “right” route. She won’t let you know how to prevent being truly a misfit-quite the opposite. In her captivating, poetic, funny, and frank style, Lidia will reveal why being a misfit is not something to conquer, but something to accept. Lidia also promotes her fellow misfits not to be afraid of pursuing goals, how to stand up, how to ask for the items they need most. Misfits belong in the area, as well, she reminds us, even if their path to that room is usually bumpy and winding. An important idea that transcends all ethnicities and countries, this publication has generated a brave and compassionate community for misfits, a place where everyone can belong.