| 9780647519837: Metanoia Contributor(s): McGahan, Anna (Author) |
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ISBN: 0647519836 ISBN-13: 9780647519837 Publisher: Bible Society Australia OUR PRICE: $23.74 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Living - Personal Memoirs - Self-help | Eating Disorders & Body Image - Performing Arts | Acting & Auditioning |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.85 lbs) 322 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Perhaps we have done to our bodies what we have so long done to God? We have demanded they conform to the image we find the most desirable. We have treated them as rubbish bins, weapons and punching bags. We have muted their wills until their voices have fallen silent. At 23, Anna McGahan was wrestling with the rest of the world for ownership of her femininity, sexuality and physicality. As a young actor thrust into the spotlight as a poster girl for sexual liberation - intent on exploring the next relationship, the lowest weight and the wildest high - her path pointed her to chaos, starvation and isolation. Until - unexpectedly - she met God. In this memoir, Anna shares the story of reconciling with her body, mapping its journey from another product in a marketplace, to a vessel of inherent power and worth. Metanoia is the cry of a body broken and resurrected, the song of a bird set free. |
Contributor Bio(s): McGahan, Anna: - Anna is a professional actor and writer, based in Melbourne, Australia. As a performer, she has worked in Australian television, film and theatre since 2010, and has been part of internationally acclaimed productions such as 'Spirited', 'Underbelly: Razor', 'Anzac Girls', 'House Husbands', 'The Doctor Blake Mysteries', 'Glitch' and 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'. She has been awarded the Heath Ledger Scholarship, the Inside Film 'Out of the Box' Award and the Matilda Award for 'Best Emerging Artist' As a writer, she specialises in fictional drama for stage and screen, narrative non-fiction literature and poetry. She received the Queensland Young Playwright's Award in 2008 and 2009, and was short-listed for the Queensland Premier's Drama Award in 2010 and national essay award 'The Horne Prize' run by 'The Saturday Paper' in 2016. Anna co-wrote and toured the parabolic theatre piece 'The People of the Sun', in partnership with SPARC and The Justice Conference in 2017. She writes spoken-word poetry, essays and lectures on the topics of faith, embodiment and femininity, and is invited to share her work internationally. She is currently writing a young adult fiction novel. Anna found a Christian faith in 2012. She has since lived, studied and worked both nationally and internationally, stretching and growing her relationship with God in diverse Christian communities. In 2015 she founded The Fireplace, a virtual and physical space to safely express and explore the intersection of creativity and spirituality, which secured funding from the Anglican Deaconess Ministries in 2018. Anna is passionate about encouraging creative young women as they learn to nurture their bodies, souls and relationships with God. She lives with her husband Jonathan and their young daughter Mercy in the hills of the Yarra Valley, where they finally have a real garden. |