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Janine Urbaniak Reid

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Janine Urbaniak Reid writes about her imperfect life, what connects us, and addresses the question of what it means to love fiercely in a sometimes dangerous and always uncertain world. 

She was born in Chicago and grew up in California. She graduated from the University of California at San Diego. She was vice president of a San Francisco public relations firm before she began raising a family, and then writing full time.

Janine has been published in the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, and widely syndicated. Hoping to bring humanity into the healthcare discussion by sharing her experience, she penned a piece for the Post which went viral. She has been interviewed on national news networks, and continues her work a ...more

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The Opposite of Certainty: Fear, Faith, and Life in Between

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“The point of prayer is to get above the circumstances. To tap into the joy that is always there, no matter what the circumstances.”
― Janine Urbaniak Reid, The Opposite of Certainty: Fear, Faith, and Life in Between

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“My grandmothers tentatively trusted the hippie son of a thunderbolt-wielding God, but they reflexively ducked when it started to rain.”
― Janine Urbaniak Reid, The Opposite of Certainty: Fear, Faith, and Life in Between

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“I don't cry. I refuse to get depressed or overwhelmed. Feelings like these are for people who don't have such elaborate to-do lists.”
― Janine Urbaniak Reid, The Opposite of Certainty: Fear, Faith, and Life in Between

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“I write to make peace with the things I cannot control.”
― Meredith Maran, Why We Write: 20 Acclaimed Authors on How and Why They Do What They Do

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