The Outrageous Good Fortune Of Living: A Guide To Replacing Religion With Meaning And Grace, For Readers Of Julia Baird, Stephanie Dowrick And Alain De Botton

In The Outrageous Good Fortune of Living, Jackie Bailey offers a thoughtful, wonderfully readable work of contemporary spirituality for anyone who wants meaning without dogma. Part memoir, part guide, it’s written with the warmth of lived experience and the curiosity of a lifelong questioner.

Bailey draws on her background in faith, her work as an inter-faith minister and funeral celebrant, and the realities of family, loss and parenthood to explore how everyday life can feel sacred—without requiring belief. Along the way, she gathers wisdom from philosophy, science and human ritual, inviting you to build practices of gratitude, compassion and courage that fit your own life.

Perfect for readers of Julia Baird, Stephanie Dowrick and Alain de Botton, and for anyone interested in secular spirituality, meaning-making, grief and ritual, and modern Australian nonfiction.

Open it anywhere, and let it nudge you towards a more spacious, generous way of living.