This is the real life story of a woman who wrestled with her identity, her sexuality and her faith, told in her own raw and honest voice. Jackie Hill Perry’s writing style is both poetic and incredibly direct, mixing genuine experience of how it feels to ‘follow your heart’ in the pursuit of love and wholeness, with the indisputable framework of what it means to find your worth and identity in God. The wrestle of the two worlds she wanted to be part of, and the conclusions she draws, are incredibly powerful.

For people wanting to speak into the theology of same-sex attraction, this is a really important resource. It does not diminish the huge weight of the issue, its nuances and heartbreak, nor the difficult passages of the bible that deal with this topic.

I am really looking forward to reading more of her books as I find her writing style captivating and her research very robust.