Recommendation: Community and Growth is a book that emphasizes the importance and value of true community. Vanier challenges readers to reflect on what it truly means to belong to a community, and how it can bring positive growth to individuals and to society as a whole. This book is a must-read for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the nature of community and the role it plays in our lives.

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If you've ever thought about community, whether as a lifestyle or simply as an expression of deeper fellowship with others, this book is essential reading. In the fifteen years since it first appeared in English, it has become the classic text on the subject -- read, dog-eared, borrowed, and discussed.Vanier is not a rosy idealist. That is because his writing is based not on theories, but on a wealth of wisdom gleaned over many years living in community, experiencing difficult days and joyous celebrations, times of struggle and hard-won success, moments of doubt and inspiration. He acknowledges the inevitable little frustrations of a life lived with and for others, but he also helps the reader see that without struggle there is no true growth.

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