The Terrible Unlikelihood of Our Being Here
Reviews
Sometimes one literally chances across a terrific book; it appears unbidden and takes over one’s complete attention.... This remarkable memoir by Susanne Paola Antonetta did just that for me, striking me like a lightning bolt out of the blue, and completely altering the trajectory of my thinking.
—David Wilk, WritersCast
Her approaches once again demonstrate her deeply, stylistically recognizable authorial voice, replete with iconoclastic brilliance and compassion.
—Diane Wiener, WordGathering
Antonetta’s new The Terrible Unlikelihood of Our Being Here illustrates that understanding ourselves comes only through looking at those selves through other texts, other people, our current understanding of ourself, science, place, and our childhood’s vision of the world.
—Nicole Walker, Fourth Genre
An inherently fascinating, impressively insightful, exceptionally thoughtful and thought-provoking read from cover to cover, "The Terrible Unlikelihood of Our Being Here" is an extraordinary and unreservedly recommended for community, college and university library collections. Midwest Book ReviewIn mesmerizing and typically gorgeous prose, Antonetta tackles nothing less than consciousness and existence employing an amalgam of science writing and mysticism. It’s hard to imagine another writer who could not only make such a project work, but make it seem natural and necessary.
—Robin Hemley, author of Borderline Citizen
Susanne Antonetta's latest masterpiece is a divinely composed ode to the ‘ungovernable emanations’ that are our selves. It’s the essay, and human consciousness, as multi-verse in many senses of that word. Gorgeously poetic; deadpan and inquisitive; terrifying and engrossing, The Terrible Unlikelihood of Our Being Here bridges the distance between Physics and the Occult, Psychology and Spiritualism. Antonetta’s road trip to a Summerland of the soul is inspiring, unforgettable, and indispensable.
—Mary Cappello, author of Life Breaks In: A Mood Almanack