{"product_id":"finding-sunlight-a-coming-of-age-memoir-about-love-within-the-wreckage-of-purity-culture-9781634896498","title":"Finding Sunlight: A Coming-Of-Age Memoir about Love Within the Wreckage of Purity Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this inspirational coming-of-age memoir, Chrissy Holm separates purity culture, LGBTQ religious trauma, and a patriarchal father-daughter relationship from all the possibilities of meaningful love. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe church has a lot of views on women's relationships. Respect the sanctity of marriage. Save yourself for your husband. Never, ever think about a wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHomeschooled at church and raised by a devout father, Chrissy internalized scripture's strictest messages. She suppressed her bisexuality and followed all the teachings of purity culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she turned sixteen, her parent's divorce flipped the script.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDevastated and unsure of her values, Chrissy jumped from one relationship to another, searching for commitment and solace from a depression that crept more to the forefront every day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore a triumphant love memoir than a religious trauma book, Chrissy Holm thoughtfully unpacks her sexuality, faith, and mental health with achingly relatable vulnerability and insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders who grew up in evangelical or fundamentalist religious communities will find themselves in these stories as Chrissy seeks meaning in her religious upbringing--finding forgiveness for her dad, her past relationships, and ultimately, herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaw and hopeful, this liberating memoir is an intimate look at how one woman found the courage to question what she was taught to believe to uncover \u003ci\u003eher own\u003c\/i\u003e truth and navigate love with pride.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"We don't have a map or directions for relationships, love, religion, or God. We get lost. We stumble . . . and we pray that we will find the sunlight.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore a triumphant love memoir than a religious trauma book, Chrissy Holm thoughtfully unpacks her sexuality, faith, and mental health with achingly relatable vulnerability and insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders who grew up in evangelical or fundamentalist religious communities will find themselves in these stories as Chrissy seeks meaning in her religious upbringing--finding forgiveness for her dad, her past relationships, and ultimately, herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaw and hopeful, this liberating memoir is an intimate look at how one woman found the courage to question what she was taught to believe to uncover \u003ci\u003eher own\u003c\/i\u003e truth and navigate love with pride.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"We don't have a map or directions for relationships, love, religion, or God. We get lost. We stumble . . . and we pray that we will find the sunlight.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wise Ink\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781634896498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272","brand":"Chrissy Holm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43251440189621,"sku":"9781634896498","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_302d1908-88ea-4a25-8fee-7f69a6398433.jpg?v=1699372893","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/finding-sunlight-a-coming-of-age-memoir-about-love-within-the-wreckage-of-purity-culture-9781634896498","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}