by Susan Barnes | 9 Apr 2020 | Book Reviews
I recently reviewed, A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis (click here). Now I’d like to share some quotes. I particularly like the fourth one about the dentist. We don’t hesitate to take ourselves or our children to the dentist, even though we know it will be...
by Susan Barnes | 2 Apr 2020 | Book Reviews
A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis’ account of the grief he experienced when his wife, Joy, died after a four-year marriage. His grief experience seriously challenged his faith, which he didn’t expect. He realised that his faith was largely intellectual. Lewis’ grief...
by Susan Barnes | 26 Mar 2020 | Book Reviews
Beyond the Shadows is Carl Wieland’s memoir of the serious car accident he had in 1986 which changed his life and career path. Carl does a good job of focussing on the important issue, which was how the accident affected his faith and theology. He mostly kept the...
by Susan Barnes | 12 Mar 2020 | Book Reviews
Miracles and Other Reasonable Things by Sarah Bessey is a memoir covering the years following a serious car accident which changed Sarah’s body and her life. Initially, the accident didn’t appear to have done much damage and she was sent home from the hospital the...
by Susan Barnes | 27 Feb 2020 | Book Reviews
Your Own Kind of Girl is a memoir by Clare Bowditch. Clare is a musician, songwriter and radio presenter. When Clare was 21, she had a mental breakdown which left her almost incapable of leaving the house. The book details the incidents that led to Clare’s breakdown...
by Susan Barnes | 27 Jun 2019 | Book Reviews
Confessions of a Funeral Director is a memoir by Caleb Wilde and it’s a heavy read. Caleb’s family have run a funeral home for many generations in Parkesburg, which is a small town in Pennsylvania. Their domestic home and the funeral home are one establishment, which...
by Susan Barnes | 28 Mar 2019 | Book Reviews
I enjoyed the second half of You Are Free : Be Who You Already Are, more than the first half. Rebekah Lyons hardly mentions her family in the early parts of the book and given that she has a special needs child, it struck me as odd, especially as the book has an...
by Susan Barnes | 21 Feb 2019 | Book Reviews
Falling Free is a memoir by Shannon Martin. Shannon makes a lot of valid criticisms about our Western middle-class Christianity which creates comfortable lives for ourselves but has little impact on those in need. Shannon and her husband were convicted about their...
