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Why Book Clubs Still Matter
A seeded post that makes the blog archive feel intentional instead of purely structural.
Lisa Misraje
Saving Levi
Left to Die... Destined to Live
A true story of rescue, witness, and the long, human labor of refusing abandonment.
A true story
of rescue and witness
For readers
book clubs and events
Centered on hope
family and fierce love
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Saving Levi
Left to Die... Destined to Live
First published 2020
Saving Levi is the emotional center of the site: a story of rescue, ferocious hope, and what it costs to keep moving toward life when systems insist on abandonment.
The book belongs alongside conversations about adoption, faith, bureaucracy, survival, and the strange practical labor of love.
Praise
“An intimate account of rescue and its afterlife, told with the urgency of lived witness.”
Seeded editorial praise
“The book holds bureaucracy, faith, and maternal courage in the same frame without losing tenderness.”
Book club readers
Synopsis
Synopsis
A six-week-old baby boy, burned over seventy percent of his body and abandoned in China, is brought to Lisa Misraje's doorstep. What follows is not only a rescue, but the beginning of a life-altering bond shaped by danger, bureaucracy, hope, and an unshakable commitment to keep one child alive.
Saving Levi traces the emotional afterlife of that encounter: the systems that failed, the family that formed, and the stubborn, practical labor of love that turned one act of witness into a story readers continue to carry with them.
About
The writer behind the rescue.
Author, witness, and host.
Lisa Misraje writes from the long afterlife of one rescue story: what it means to carry witness forward, to stay with family made under pressure, and to keep making space for conversation after the book is over.
Her site now leads with Saving Levi, then opens outward into book clubs, readings, essays, and the wider cultural life that belongs beside it.
“The work is not only to tell the story, but to keep building the room where the story can be held.”
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Latest news and reviews.
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Living Archives After the Book
A seeded post about what it means for a book to keep working in public after publication.
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Book clubs and companion reading.
Discussion guides and companion titles for readers who want to stay in the book's world a little longer.
Book Club
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Discussion Guide: Saving Levi
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Book List
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Start Here: Books for Compassionate Witness
A short shelf for readers interested in rescue, memory, care work, and the emotional architecture of witness.
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The Argonauts
A touchstone text in the book club orbit: intellectually alive, intimate, and ideal for conversation.
Contact
Bring Lisa into the conversation.
For speaking, reading groups, or editorial collaborations.
Whether you’re interested in having Lisa speak at your event, want to discuss the book, or simply want to share your story, she’d love to hear from you.
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