Forgiveness is Really Strange

Dr Masi Noor is a Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology at the University of Keele with a special interest in forgiveness as a possible conflict resolution strategy. Together with Marina Cantacuzino, he created The Forgiveness Toolbox (www.theforgivenesstoolbox.com). Masi is based in Keele, UK.Marina Cantacuzino is an award-winning journalist and founder of The Forgiveness Project (www.theforgivenessproject.com), a charitable organisation that uses real personal narratives to explore how ideas around forgiveness, reconciliation and conflict resolution can be used to impact positively on people's lives. She is based in London, UK.Sophie Standing is a London-based illustrator and designer, specialising in human sciences. Her style combines digital and hand-made, with an emphasis on rich colour, textures and metaphorical concepts. She is also the illustrator of Pain is Really Strange and Trauma is Really Strange. www.sophiestanding.com

This beautiful graphic book is so important to communicate the F word: forgiveness. Forgiveness is so powerful because it makes our society and ourselves more moral. It can break the cycle of revenge and re-humanize perpetrators of violence, and enable them to change. Forgiveness can enable perpetrators to discover empathy for their victims and can bring about truth and reconciliation. The list of powerful results of forgiveness is long, and for the first time is communicated in an engaging artistic way by one of my favourite charities with Dr Masi Noor. This book will become a moral guide to readers, including young people, on how to make the world a better place.

• Forgiveness is Really Strange.