They Will Tell You the World Is Yours - by Anna Mitchael (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Where do we find true fulfillment? How did we get lost along the way? These lushly written, emotionally resonant stories light candles along the path as we each search for purpose"--

Book Synopsis

"There are wonder and wisdom in these pages."--Joanna Gaines

Where do we find true fulfillment? How did we get lost along the way? These lushly written, emotionally resonant stories light candles along the path as we each search for purpose.

They will tell you that a better version of yourself is waiting to be found.

Every day, we hear a version of this message, and so we search and strive. Yet none of the places we've been told to look--our careers, relationships, even dreams that come true--seem to give lasting satisfaction. After twenty years as a professional writer of other people's truth, Anna Mitchael found herself at the same crossroads. Tired of reaching and wondering where it was all headed, she began asking questions.

They will tell you to cut the blooms off your roses so that the flowers can grow back bigger and better.

This book is an invitation that grew from those inquiries. A series of vignettes, as incisive as they are lyrical, paints a portrait of a woman growing from childhood into early adulthood, navigating family, friendships, identity, career ambitions, and love. While this woman moves through a time of crisis that ultimately turns into an awakening, we see her explore, fall down, and get back up. As she learns to sift the messages she is told, we, too, are encouraged to seek truth beyond what the world has prescribed for our happiness.

Even with our wild differences, I still believe in something greater we share: a spirit of divine love at our core that, no matter how far away we get, will always be calling us home.

For hearts in search of answers, this collection poses questions to help find lasting truth.

Review Quotes

"A new favorite habit is waking up in the morning and fighting the urge for the morning social media scroll by flipping to a random page in They Will Tell You the World Is Yours. . . . Sometimes it's funny, sometimes it's serious, oftentimes it's nostalgic. No matter the day, no matter the passage, it always resonates."--Garden & Gun

"In these lyrical vignettes, essayist and Wacoan magazine columnist Mitchael (Copygirl) mines her life experiences to share with readers 'the truth as thoroughly as I know it.' . . . The author's insights are perceptive. . . . Seekers will find pearls of wisdom."--Publishers Weekly

"There is wisdom and wonder in these pages."--Joanna Gaines, New York Times bestselling author of The Stories We Tell

"Why does it feel this way--to be understood? To trail behind an exceptional human and watch as she weaves and sings and reminds you of all the parts of being alive."--Liz Bell Young, author of Let There Be Havens and In the Wide Country of Love

"This wonderful book is a stunning summation of all the decisions we face daily. What will we do next? Who will we believe? The stories go deep into the human experience to help us find hope and an astonishing beauty. I will read and reread it for years to come."--Sara Woster, author of Painting Can Save Your Life

About the Author

Anna Mitchael is a Louisiana-born writer based in Texas. They Will Tell You the World Is Yours is her third book, but her first about the spiritual life.