"From storytelling phenomenon and hit podcast The Moth, featuring contributions from Elizabeth Gilbert, Quiara Alegría Hudes, and Lin-Manuel Miranda alongside tales of an international rescue mission for Paddington Bear, a family matriarch running numbers in Detroit, an epic Lucha libre showdown in Mexico City, and more. An inspiring and entertaining collection of unforgettable true stories about finding unexpected beauty in life's transitions. Carefully selected by the creative minds at The Moth and adapted to the page to preserve the raw energy of stories told live, onstage and without notes, readers of The Moth Presents: A Point of Beauty will encounter moments that cut and moments that heal. If we look closely enough, we can find real beauty in moments when our lives change forever-for better or for worse"-- Provided by publisher.

Foreword -- Introduction -- You eat that cake. now. -- Until the lion learns to write -- You know who you are -- I will lift my eyes to the hills -- It was brutal. And it was beautiful -- A light shining through -- You better get these cattle out of the kitchen -- This place was home -- A hushed kind of awe -- About the directors/editors -- Acknowledgments -- About the moth.