Love  Courage, Jagmeet Singh
Love  Courage, Jagmeet Singh
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Love & Courage
My Story of Family, Resilience, and Overcoming the Unexpected

Author: Jagmeet Singh

Narrator: Vikas Adam

Unabridged: 8 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/23/2019


Synopsis

From the leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party—Jagmeet Singh—comes a personal and heartfelt story about family and overcoming adversity.

In October 2017, Jagmeet Singh was elected as the first visible minority to lead a major federal political party in Canada. The historic milestone was celebrated across the nation.

About a month earlier, in the lead up to his election, Jagmeet held community meet-and-greets across Canada. At one such event, a disruptive heckler in the crowd hurled accusations at him. Jagmeet responded by calmly calling for all Canadians to act with “love and courage” in the face of hate. That response immediately went viral, and people across the country began asking, “Who is Jagmeet Singh? And why ‘love and courage’?”

This personal and heartfelt memoir is Jagmeet’s answer to that question. In it, we are invited to walk with him through childhood to adulthood as he learns powerful, moving, and sometimes traumatic lessons about hardship, addiction, and the impact of not belonging. We meet his strong family, including his mother, who teaches him that “we are all one; we are all connected,” a valuable lesson that has shaped who he is today.

This story is not a political memoir. This is a story of family, love, and courage, and how strengthening the connection between us all is the way to building a better world.

About Jagmeet Singh

Jagmeet Singh is the leader of the New Democratic Party and Member of Parliament for the riding of Burnaby South. Born in Scarborough, Ontario, he moved to St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, and later to Windsor, Ontario. He studied law at Osgoode Hall in Toronto, Ontario, and practiced as a criminal defence lawyer in Brampton, Ontario. He was elected to the Ontario legislature as an MPP in 2011 and became the Ontario NDP deputy leader in 2015. He was elected leader of the federal NDP in 2017. Singh divides his time between Burnaby, British Columbia and Ottawa, Ontario.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brandon on April 24, 2019

There are political points raised here and there, and releasing this book in the run-up to the federal election is unavoidably political, but that really is not the focus here. It’s an incredibly personal story of immigrant parents and alcoholism and brotherhood and abuse, and how one person can ove......more

Goodreads review by chantel on May 16, 2019

Peeling back the onion layers reveals that deep down to the core; Jagmeet Singh is a man rooted in family and responsibility, and I fucks with that. I’ve always respected how he dealt with the racism he experienced from white nationalists when it came to his political events. He coated them bitches......more

Goodreads review by Jasmin on May 15, 2019

I got this book the day it came out, called in sick, and didn't get up until I finished it. When I first picked up the book I didn't actually expect it to be written by Jagmeet Singh but by a ghost writer. I expected it to be a great story but a dry narrative and I was so wrong. Love and Courage is......more

Goodreads review by Inderjit on October 17, 2020

Jagmeet Singh is the leader of the New Democractic Party in Canada and one of the few visible Sikh faces in Western politics and ‘Love and Courage’ documents his journey to becoming one of the most recognisable political faces in Canada. It is clear that his deep humanism is rooted both in his faith......more

Goodreads review by Pat on August 10, 2020

"Love and Courage" was one of the best books I have read in a long time. Jagmeet's life story is truly inspiring. It gives a window into some of the heartbreaking adversity he and his family have overcome/continue to battle. Jagmeet understands what it feels like to struggle. "Love and Courage" is n......more