I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times [Hardcover]

PORCHLIGHT BOOKS JUNE 2022 NONFICTION BESTSELLER

Assigned reading for fractured families aspiring to a harmonious Thanksgiving dinner.
—New York Times

Anyone who sincerely wants to bridge the gaps in understanding will appreciate this book.
—Manhattan Book Review

Learn how to bring curiosity and courage to even the most difficult conversations across America’s polarized political divide with these actionable tools for navigating challenging disagreements.

Journalist Mónica Guzmán is the loving liberal daughter of Mexican immigrants who voted—twice—for Donald Trump. When the country could no longer see straight across the political divide, Mónica set out to find what was blinding us and discovered the most eye-opening tool we’re not using: our own built-in curiosity. 

Partisanship is up, trust is down, and our social media feeds make us sure we’re right and everyone else is ignorant (or worse). But avoiding one another is hurting our relationships and our society.

In this timely, personal guide, Mónica, the chief storyteller for the national cross-partisan depolarization organization Braver Angels, takes you to the real front lines of a crisis that threatens to grind America to a halt—broken conversations among confounded people. She shows you how to overcome the fear and certainty that surround us to finally do what only seems impossible: understand and even learn from people in your life whose whole worldview is different from or even opposed to yours. 

Drawing from cross-partisan conversations she’s had, organized, or witnessed lSw