Paula Huston

The Forgotten Map : Gen Z, and the Quest for Hope and Meaning Paula Huston

How can a spiritual journey of the past inform the quest for hope and meaning amid today’s challenges and struggles?  Gen Z, the teens and young adults born between 1997 and 2012, are a record-setting generation. The first cohort of “digital natives,” they master cutting edge technology with ease. Told to pursue what makes them happy, they freely explore a myriad of lifestyle options.

And if they run into problems, they seek counseling without fear of being stigmatized. Yet, Gen Z suffers from depression, anxiety, and suicide at rates far higher than the already alarming levels suffered by generations before them. In The Forgotten Map, award-winning writer Paula Huston builds a bridge across the generational divide to offer questers of all ages a way toward hope and meaning.

 Part trail guide, part cultural critique, and part spiritual autobiography, The Forgotten Map describes Huston’s own search for meaning and the profoundly rich and psychologically powerful monastic view of life that came to shape her journey. The book is divided into nine parts, with each chapter devoted to a classic phase of Huston’s personal pilgrimage and concluded by a note meant especially for Gen Z questers, perfect for use in an intergenerational conversation or reading group. In The Forgotten Map, Huston’s lively and honest storytelling invites readers to embark on an individual quest for self-knowledge and a transformative search for the lost wisdom of ancient Christianity.