{"product_id":"9780998647425","title":"The Fog of Faith: Surviving My Impotent God","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter the trauma of a savage attack, a young farm girl recovers physically, but her identity, faith, and relationships are shattered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the true story of Leona Stucky’s childhood on a Kansas farm, surrounded by a loving family and the simple tenets of her Mennonite community. Violence enters her world in the guise of a young man who seems normal to everyone else but who Leona knows to be deranged in his obsession of her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis unrelenting abuses take root, and Leona must deal with them utterly alone. Her pacifist father cannot avenge or protect her, nor can a callous justice system. Even God is impotent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeona is cast into a bewildering life of disgrace and poverty—with a baby, a violent husband, and battered faith. Through a series of page-turning events, she hacks through the bones of her naïveté to confront harsh realities and to probe the veracity of religious claims.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Fog of Faith is a suspenseful and morally unflinching drama of shame and survival, as well as useable and unusual wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume includes thoughtful questions for readers and groups to further explore their own stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Despite tragedy, joy and laughter dance across these pages.\" William LaRue, PhD, Founder of Compassionate Relating\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Insightful and compelling, this riveting memoir offers a perspective about violence against women, shame, feminism, trauma, resilience, and relationships.\" JoAnne Tucker, PhD, Filmmaker, Producer, Healing Voices - Personal Stories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Naked with fear, aflame with rage . . . Glows with the insightful glitter of necessary art.\" Robert Mayer, Author of The Origin of Sorrow, The Dreams of Ada, Superfolks, and other books\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Prairie World Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47009101381872,"sku":"9780998647425","price":18.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780998647425_p0.jpg?v=1763959018","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780998647425","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}