Returning to Our Sacred Belonging in Nature - Essential Reading for 2026 BESTSELLING AUTHOR: Lucina M Vardey is a bestselling British born author, A Simple Path - her biography of Mother Theresa has sold over a million copies worldwide. In the GREEN SOUL she hopes to capture the same compelling narrative to nature. ON THE PILGRAMAGE TRAIL: Set in idyllic Tuscany the author returns to a 500 year-old homestead where they host spiritual retreats. Long considered sacred, their land was once tended by a monastic order and borders the popular pilgrimage path of the Way of St. Francis of Assisi, which people still travel today. FOR FANS OF BRAIDING SWEETGRASS, THE OVERSTORY, AND THE SILENT SPRING: This book is a fresh offering to meet the public demand for the natural world and its wonders. THE GREEN SOUL picks up where BRAIDING SWEETGRASS and THE SILENT SPRING left off, with a special and truly singular offering for the growing eco-spirituality shelf. A MEDITATION TWENTY YEARS IN THE MAKING: The author has lived, researched, and honed this message for two decades, bringing singular depth to the writing.

Few live like Lucinda does today: she is a contemplative who lives largely in solitude, offering a rare perspective on our interconnections with nature and the divine. PERFECT FOR: Readers of nature and spiritual memoir, ecotheology, and contemplative practice. It serves a wide variety of interests: book clubs, retreat centers, faith communities, environmental groups, and gift buyers. It can also tie into Earth Day, Lent/Easter reflection, autumn pilgrimage/retreat promotions. Competition: Braiding Sweetgrass; Greatest Story Ever Told,The:Anxious for Nothing; Simple Path, A; Through Seasons of the Heart. Kimmerer, Robin Wall; Grylls, Bear: Teresa, Mother & Teresa, Mother: Simons, Ruth Chou.