Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory

…In this extraordinary book, Sarah Polley explores what it is to live in one’s body, in a constant state of becoming, learning, and changing. Each of these six essays captures a piece of Polley’s life as she remembers it, while at the same time examining the fallibility of memory, the mutability of reality in the mind, and the possibility of experiencing the past anew, as the person she is now but was not then. As Polley writes, the past and present are in a “reciprocal pressure dance.” Polley contemplates stories from her own life ranging from stage fright to high-risk childbirth to endangerment and more. After struggling with the aftermath of a concussion, Polley met a specialist who gave her wholly new advice: to recover from a traumatic injury, she had to retrain her mind to strength by charging towards the very activities that triggered her symptoms. With riveting clarity, she shows the power of applying that same advice to other areas of her life in order to find a path forward, a way through. Rather than live in a protective crouch, she had to run towards the danger. More details on Amazon
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• facebook .com/watch/?v=609712235019196 (‘ ““That’s just who I am. I’m Canadian.” 🇨🇦 Sarah Polley discussed the amount of CanCon in AWAY FROM HER and the way she used to react when asked about it, during a Books on Film event at #TIFF20… ‘)
• facebook .com/reel/1777456396808642 (‘ Olivia Chow, Mayor of Toronto : I’ve known Sarah Polley for 20 years. We sat down to talk about the state of the city, and the choice ahead Torontonians. I’ve made my choice, and she’s made hers. I’m so proud to have your support Sarah. ‘)
• instagram .com/oliviachow/reel/DesHvqzNhEy (‘ Olivia Chow, Mayor of Toronto Oct. 17, 2026 ‘)

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