Böcker av Suzanne DeWitt Hall

The first book in the Path of Unlearning series titled Sleeper, Awake offered companionship for the early days of deconstruction. Awake and Rise stays with you on the journey, examining aspects of loss, problematic views of the Bible, and common issues in church communities. It concludes with a section of suggestions for how to help process the ongoing unfolding of a God who is bigger than any denominational understanding. If you'd like a structured way to evaluate where you are and where you're going on your path of seeking God's face in a new way, you've come to the right place.

Kristy Alexander is six when her mother walks out the door of their trailer and never looks back. When sober, Kristy's father writes poems and teaches her about weather and words, but his decline into meth addiction leads to another kind of abandonment. Decades later, Kristy's marriage looks perfect from the outside, but she can't seem to disconnect from the first male who made her feel cherished after her father died. Faced with a chance to finally break free from all the lies and betrayal, Kristy sacrifices the most important pieces of herself, but ends up losing her best friend along with her husband. A mystical old woman intervenes when Kristy reaches her lowest ebb. But is it possible to change the past? Kristy's Story is a tale of the driving hunger of love, and the remarkable resilience which permits people to endure the unthinkable. Important themes play out about the emotional rivers running beneath the actions of others, the weird shapes love takes when formed in an atmosphere of abuse, and the issues of consent, complicity, and victimhood. A book for fans of Kate Elizabeth Russell's My Dark Vanessa, and physics-bending tales like Aimee Bender's The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake and Octavia E. Butler's Kindred. It's a story you won't soon forget.

Can relationships survive when one partner comes out as transgender? For many couples it isn't easy. Adjusting to new realities which present themselves takes time, patience, education, and soul searching. The process can feel scary and isolating. Reaching for Hope offers companionship for the journey in the form of reassurance, support, and strategies, all delivered in bite-sized nuggets, so you won't feel overwhelmed by information. Can your relationship survive? That remains to be seen. But this book offers help, if you're willing to try.