Forgive For You is a story about learning to live well with reality, even (and especially) when it doesn’t come with clarity, closure, or apology. Blending sharp insight and raw honesty, the author reflects on love, loss, kinship, trauma, marriage, divorce, and what it means to forgive it all – not for others, but for ourselves.
 
This beautifully crafted hardcover features a design inspired by kintsugi, an ancient Japanese art that repairs broken pottery with gold, honoring cracks rather than hiding them. Kintsugi reflects forgiveness as integration, resilience, and the choice to become whole without erasing what was broken. Every Author Edition is personalized, signed, and mailed directly from the author.
 
Reader Reviews
This book inspired me to meditate on forgiveness. When was I successful at forgiving, and who do I still need to forgive? Why is it sometimes easier to forgive other people than it is to forgive my younger self? Forgive For You reminds me that forgiveness is a lifelong practice.
- Reid Norris, Carmel, California

Forgive For You read as if we were sitting on my sofa after a soul-stirring meal and you were sharing your life with me, reminding me how grief and healing walk hand in hand. When doctors told me that my lung cancer had no smoking markers, I knew the resentment and betrayal I carried had taken their toll. Forgive For You means claiming my freedom and tending to my own heart with love. Note to self.
- Glodean Champion, Chicago, Illinois
 
Author Intro
Luca Oake is an advisor, author, and avid learner with 4 university degrees, decades of experience in adult development, and an irrational passion for forgiveness. Luca is also Founder and Chief Forgiveness Officer of YFFY | You Forgive For You, a movement to make forgiveness a practical, learnable life skill for good.