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Description
'Captivating. A Pilgrim's Progress for our time' TELEGRAPH
'One of those books I find myself being (excuse the pun) evangelical about, pressing it into friends' hands like a Gideon's Bible' SUNDAY TIMES
When two of her twenty-something friends turned to faith, Lamorna Ash noticed a recurring phenomenon: in an age of disconnection and apathy, a new generation was rediscovering Christianity for itself.
In this lyrical adventure, Ash embarks on a journey across Britain to meet those wrestling with the faith today. Taking us from ancient abysses to modern meeting houses, silent retreats to garrulous reading groups, it is a reminder of our universal need for nourishment of the soul.
'Scintillating' FINANCIAL TIMES
'Rare and arresting' NEW STATESMAN
'A twenty-first-century version of Rural Rides, except that in place of William Cobbett's horse, Ash set off in a twenty-year-old Toyota Corolla' TELEGRAPH
'A book for our moment . . . A literary performance of a high order' IRISH TIMES
*A 2025 HIGHLIGHT FOR: Telegraph, Financial Times, New Statesman, Irish Times, Elle and GQ*
Product details
Published | 26 Mar 2026 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 352 |
ISBN | 9781526663122 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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The question this book asks concerns a whole generation . . . Not only a fascinating sociological study and religious memoir, but a profound look at the power of ritual and communion with others . . . “I feel so different to the person I was when I started this research,” Ash concludes. Readers may find they close this book feeling different too
Laura Hackett, Sunday Times
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A twenty-first-century version of Rural Rides, except that in place of William Cobbett's horse, Ash set off in a twenty-year-old Toyota Corolla . . . A captivating narrative of discovery . . . Don't Forget We're Here Forever is a Pilgrim's Progress for our time
Catherine Pepinster, Telegraph
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Lyrical, reflective . . . A rare and arresting book
Pippa Bailey, New Statesman
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Ash's first book, on the Cornish fishing community, written with wide-eyed wonder when she was in her early 20s, was excellent, and her second is even better . . . Ash has that great skill of writing narrative non-fiction in a nuanced way, subtly revealing the complexities of humanity
Patrick Galbraith, Daily Mail
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In ancient abbeys and modern meeting houses, in silent retreats and garrulous reading groups, Ash meets born-again evangelicals and utopian Quakers and all sorts in between . . . Offers scintillating insight into how faith works in an age of intense self-fashioning
Financial Times
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Meticulously crafted . . . Through her personal experiences and reflections Ash illuminates the inadequacy of mere statistical measures of religious attendance . . . The author pursues her quest through intelligent observation and exploratory conversation . . . These reflections on a “new generation's search for religion” will be rewarding reading for many
Alister McGrath, Times Literary Supplement