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# Finding Magic: A Spiritual Memoir – The Legendary Washington Post Journalist's Quest for Faith and Meaning in the Nation's Capital

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The author, journalist, television commentator, and longtime Washington insider reflects on the spiritual quest that has brought deeper meaning to her life—and kept her grounded within the high-powered political world of Washington, D.C.’s elite—her renowned writing career, her celebrity marriage, and her legendary role as doyenne of the capital’s social scene. In this emotionally involving, illuminating memoir, the legendary Washington Post journalist, and author talks candidly about her life at the white-hot center of power and the surprising spiritual quest that has driven her for more than half a century. While working as a reporter, caring for a learning-disabled son with her husband, longtime Washington Post executive editor Benjamin Bradlee, reigning over the capital’s social scene, and remaining intimately connected with national politics, Sally Quinn yearned to understand what truly made the world—and her life—tick. After years of searching, most of which occurring in the secular capital of the world, she came to realize that the time she spent with friends and family—the evenings of shared hospitality and intimate fellowship—provided spiritual nourishment and that this theme has been woven into all the most important moments of her life. In this spiritual memoir, Quinn speaks frankly about her varied, provocative spiritual experiences—from her Southern family of Presbyterians and psychics, to voodoo lessons from her Baptist nanny, her trials as a hospitalized military kid in Japan as the Korean War begins, to her adventures as a Post reporter and columnist and her experience as one of the first female news anchors on national television; her battles with the Nixon administration, Watergate, and other scandals that have rocked the nation; her courtship and long marriage to one of the most authoritative figures in the media; her role as the capital’s most influential hostess; and her growing fascination with religious issues. This fascination led to her pioneering work in creating the most visited religious site on the web, OnFaith.co, where she reports on the unseen driving force of American life. Throughout this radiant, thoughtful, and surprisingly intimate memoir, Quinn reveals how "it’s all magic"—the many forms of what draws us together and provides meaning to all we do. Her roller coaster and irreverent but surprisingly spiritual story allows us to see how the infinite wonder of God and the values of meaningful conversation, experience, and community are available to us all. Finding Magic includes 16 pages of exclusive photographs.

Review: Interesting With Emotional and Spiritual Depth - I had read Ben Bradlee's books, the earliest about his friendship with President Kennedy, *Conversations With Kennedy* and then through Watergate as editor of The Washington Post (one of my favorite news sources) and beyond in *A Good Life*. Also read *A Different Life* by Ben and Sally's son Quinn Bradlee. So I was curious to get the perspective of their loving wife and mother. About Sally Quinn I'd say, she's one of a kind; there is only one Sally Quinn; she and her book are original. She has an interesting personality and some depth that I appreciated, spiritual and emotional. She's also a gifted writer who tells the story of her life, of her evolution, convincingly. All in all, I'm happy to have read this book. It causes me to think about my own life experiences in somewhat different ways. There's something magical in *Finding Magic*, I guess you could say. That said, I would not have made the same life choices as Sally Quinn, nor viewed events through her lens or engaged in behaviors that seemed, for example, vindictive or self-indulgent to me but not to her. Nevertheless, Finding Magic has an authenticity to it and is the kind of book that expands the reader's thinking and certainly held my interest throughout.
Review: A thoughtful, inspirational and sometimes heartbreaking read. - Well written and interesting. The author details her journey from atheism to eventual belief in a higher power.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
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| Best Sellers Rank | #640,677 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #2,742 in Religious Leader Biographies #5,561 in Women's Biographies #14,175 in Memoirs (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.0 out of 5 stars 226 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Interesting With Emotional and Spiritual Depth
*by J***H on September 17, 2017*

I had read Ben Bradlee's books, the earliest about his friendship with President Kennedy, *Conversations With Kennedy* and then through Watergate as editor of The Washington Post (one of my favorite news sources) and beyond in *A Good Life*. Also read *A Different Life* by Ben and Sally's son Quinn Bradlee. So I was curious to get the perspective of their loving wife and mother. About Sally Quinn I'd say, she's one of a kind; there is only one Sally Quinn; she and her book are original. She has an interesting personality and some depth that I appreciated, spiritual and emotional. She's also a gifted writer who tells the story of her life, of her evolution, convincingly. All in all, I'm happy to have read this book. It causes me to think about my own life experiences in somewhat different ways. There's something magical in *Finding Magic*, I guess you could say. That said, I would not have made the same life choices as Sally Quinn, nor viewed events through her lens or engaged in behaviors that seemed, for example, vindictive or self-indulgent to me but not to her. Nevertheless, Finding Magic has an authenticity to it and is the kind of book that expands the reader's thinking and certainly held my interest throughout.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A thoughtful, inspirational and sometimes heartbreaking read.
*by L***D on December 6, 2017*

Well written and interesting. The author details her journey from atheism to eventual belief in a higher power.

### ⭐⭐⭐ Both stunning and disappointing
*by A***D on November 6, 2017*

Oh Sally, Oh Sally. Such an authentic biography, but of its vexing flaws, what can I say? It's a quick and absorbing read. Filled with shocking anecdotes from a traumatic childhood lived around the world, coming up to very recent times in DC just after her great love, Ben Bradlee of the Washington Post, died. She saw harrowing things as a child. How does a well-heeled child maintain conscious attention at age 6 or 7, leafing thru her dad's war photo records of Dachau, and see that this was evil and do what so many Jews did and become an atheist? Her ability to pay genuine, decisive attention to those photos at that age is exemplary. Her ability to remember the weeks and months of being stuck in a military hospital as a young girl where her mother was barred from visiting her, then transported with bleeding and dying soldiers back to the States, is also extraordinary and quite powerful explanation for her apparent atheism. Also to her is due gratitude for revealing the details of her ordeal in the back of a cab of Senator John Tower attempting to forcibly rape her when she was 24 years old (before the Harvey Weinstein allegations came out). The icons need to be broken, and she steps up to do her share. Through her ordeals and otherwise posh living, she lived an exciting and purposeful life that presented many challenges... that she described somewhat superficially. She mentioned that her friends chided her for being superficial, and this work does skim the surface in a few ways. I don't recall any stories detailing the creative or intellectual drive behind her early reporting at the Post that made a big impression, and of course she did win the job on a lark. And about her writing in the book - so boringly common - prose that was shellacked in cliches and uninteresting transitions and the frequently kitschy use of the word "magic" undercutting her major theme. It was a shock to see such simple writing in a Wapo author. Sally's traumas in her early years may explain why she seemed blindered and wrote at times like she didn't know herself: Early on she explained that she always had great self-confidence (p 24).... and a few pages later: I've had to fight off the emotion of jealousy, all my life. (Uh, Sally, you do know those two issues are *related*, don't you?). Or, near the end of the book, about rituals: "When I was younger I found them shallow, mawkish, self indulgent" Hold on, Sal, you performed HEXES on people from early on, and they certainly involve ritual and self-indulgence. Why didn't she make these linkages and go deeper to the real source of her life's journey with its core contradictions? Was she too distracted by her many occult practices - palm reading, Ouiji, hexes, tarot, astrology, and ultimately necromancy? I appreciate the survey of world religions that she undertook in her scattershot manner, a suitable path in light of her shattering life start. And she did seem to be settled by her long interlude in practicing meditation by waling the labyrinth. But I do wish she connected her early stories to her later, mature realizations. Instead the stories seemed to roll out in chronological sequence without look-backs. Her repentance from practicing hexes deserved more review as she matured to theological ponderings. In all a very good read that makes you care greatly about her as a person and her life journey, but it is distracting in its many flaws.

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