Higher Love

Get ready for a journey of self-discovery like no other...Literary Titan Gold Medal Award 2024NYC Big Book Award Award 2024Paris Book Festival Award 2024Nonfiction Authors Association Award 2024Her entire life, Anne Friedman chased everything that society told her she should want: Marriage. Professional achievement. Thighs that didn’t touch. But all that got her was depression, anxiety, and disordered eating. Little did she know, her world was about to be turned upside down.When her fiancé dumps her without explanation, she buys a one-way ticket to Costa Rica in search of answers. But what she finds there is beyond anything she could have imagined.Through a spontaneous psychedelic experience in the jungle, Anne discovers three simple words that bring her peace. And in Amsterdam, on magic mushrooms with her dad, she has a series of visions that allow her to let go of the self-blame for her broken engagement.But this is just the beginning of her journey. In Higher Love, Anne takes readers on a globe-trotting search for healing through psilocybin, ayahuasca, LSD, and cannabis. As she travels through the Netherlands, Morocco, Turkey, Spain, and other richly sensuous locations, Anne shares the life-changing wisdom she gains from each psychedelic experience.For fans of Eat, Pray, Love and Untamed, Higher Love is a guide for self-discovery with a delightful psychedelic twist. But be warned, this is not your average love story. With powerful emotions and a captivating setting, this book will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page.If you enjoyed books like Eat, Pray, Love, Untamed, and The Power of Now, then you won't want to miss out on Higher Love. Buy now before the price changes and join Anne on her liberating journey towards self-acceptance and the power of love in all its forms!Editorial Praise forHigher Love“As someone who’s never tripped on anything but carpets and stairs, I was SPELLBOUND by Higher Love. Think Eat Pray Love on acid; insight woven with irreverence, wit with wisdom, devastating heartbreak with laugh-out-loud humor. There's a long and esteemed tradition of men writing about drug use and their attendant spiritual experiences. Why no women? Science, branches of the military, and government are embracing the potential of psychedelics to save and transform lives; Higher Love has life-changing potential. If what exists in this genre is all Walt Whitman, Anne Friedman is Emily Dickinson.” -Linda Sivertsen, Bestselling Author andHost of the Beautiful Writers Podcast“Higher Love is a self-aware memoir that catalogs multiple personal struggles and follows a dedicated pursuit of self-transformation… The text is variously funny, self-critical, wry, cheesy, and reflective of longing. It cracks jokes about difficult moments in the past, but it also becomes serious at the right moments… Higher Love is an empathetic memoir that catalogs instances of self-love, discovery, and healing influenced by a healthy dose of recreational drugs.” -Clarion Review“A memoir that’ll have you traveling, tripping, and seeing yourself in the passenger seat of a meaningful story of discovery.” -Independent Book Review“Takeaway: Kaleidoscopic roller-coaster ride toward loving oneself.” -BookLife“A probing, often surprising memoir about the search for self.”-Kirkus Review“Everything in this book, from start to finish, spoke to me on a personal level and invited me to look deeper into myself, ask harder questions, and accept gentler answers.”-Iris, a Spun Yarn reader in her 30’s from Michigan