Searching for My Heart: Essays About Love by Dawn Downey is filled with beautiful and personal stories of the different types of love one can encounter in the world, as well as the fight with one’s self to find that place we can call “home.” Following the author on her journey from adolescence to adulthood feels in a way like reading her diary, an intensely personal and honest examination of one person’s journey through life.
Downey’s focus is not necessarily on romantic love, but on the larger concept of love for all things, especially oneself. This is not a book full of bromides, but instead focuses on the opposites of love, such as isolation and shame, and how personal acceptance can lead one on the path towards acceptance by other people.
Downey has a wonderful way of bringing the reader into a moment with expressive language that is sometimes poetic and sometimes direct, but always moving and thoughtful. The writing flows effortlessly and the book is laid out in a format which allows the reader to read straight through or in smaller sections, reflecting on each moment.
The title Searching for My Heart may give the impression, perhaps, of being lightweight, but there is real inspiration and wisdom to be found in these pages. Dawn Downey is an author that needs to be discovered by everyone.
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