Moth Presents All These Wonders: True Stories About Facing the Unknown (First edition.)

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of storytelling phenomenon The Moth, 45 unforgettable true stories about risk, courage, and facing the unknown, drawn from the best ever told on their stagesCarefully selected by the creative minds at The Moth, and adapted to the page to preserve the raw energy of live storytelling, All These Wonders features voices both familiar and new.

Alongside Louis C.K., Tig Notaro, John Turturro, and Meg Wolitzer, readers will encounter: an astronomer gazing at the surface of Pluto for the first time, an Afghan refugee learning how much her father sacrificed to save their family, a hip-hop star coming to terms with being a ';one-hit wonder,' a young female spy risking everything as part of Churchill's ';secret army' during World War II, and more.

High-school student and neuroscientistalike, the storytellers share their ventures into uncharted territoryand how their lives were changed indelibly by what they discovered there.

With passion, and humor, they encourage usall to bemore open, vulnerable, and alive.