"A gorgeous meditation on broken bodies, fractured faith, and the soul-wrenching path to serenity." -Kirkus Reviews Maddie Brees has been given bad news: She is seriously ill. But she also has an old friend, an ex-boyfriend who might be able to heal her. She was witness to Vincent Elander's so-called miracles in the past. But that was a long time ago, a memory that she would rather stay buried. Now she is happily married to Frank and mother of their three young boys. The religion of her past is behind her, along with any confidence she once had in it. With the onset of her cancer, the memories…mehr
"A gorgeous meditation on broken bodies, fractured faith, and the soul-wrenching path to serenity." -Kirkus Reviews Maddie Brees has been given bad news: She is seriously ill. But she also has an old friend, an ex-boyfriend who might be able to heal her. She was witness to Vincent Elander's so-called miracles in the past. But that was a long time ago, a memory that she would rather stay buried. Now she is happily married to Frank and mother of their three young boys. The religion of her past is behind her, along with any confidence she once had in it. With the onset of her cancer, the memories of Vincent won't leave Maddie alone, and before long they are affecting everything else: her marriage, her husband, the things they thought they agreed on, the beliefs they thought they shared. Soon Frank, who was to be Maddie's rock throughout her treatment, is finding fault-lines of his own. In this exquisitely written debut, Stevenson explores the questions of honesty and commitment, of disease and isolation, and of the many shapes healing takes.
Rebecca Brewster Stevenson is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She has a master's degree from Duke University and has lived in Durham, North Carolina for over 20 years with her husband and three children.Before dedicating herself to writing full time, Rebecca worked with Trinity School of Durham and Chapel Hill to develop the curriculum for their humanities department; she also worked as an English teacher at public and private middle and high schools in Durham and Pittsburgh.Rebecca's debut novel Healing Maddie Brees was published in 2016 to literary acclaim. Wait: Thoughts and Practice in Waiting on God is her nonfiction debut and was released in June 2019.Her beautifully crafted personal essays on her blog "Small Hours" have earned her a strong audience of readers who enjoy her explorations of themes relating to family, marriage, faith, writing, language, literature, and film."Rebecca Brewster Stevenson's writing is consistently powerful, complex, honest, and hopeful" (Andy Crouch, author, Culture Making and The Tech-Wise Family). Rebecca's writing has also been called "exquisite" (Stephen Chbosky), "thought-provoking" (Barbara Claypole White), and "gorgeous" (Kirkus Reviews).Readers who enjoy literary fiction from authors such as Marilynne Robinson, Julie Cantrell, Niall Williams, Celeste Ng, Jan Ellison, William Kent Krueger, Susan Meissner, and Karen Jay Fowler will appreciate Rebecca's rich prose and brave questions.Rebecca is available for speaking engagements and is happy to join bookclubs and interested groups either in person or virtually. To connect with Rebecca, visit her at rebeccabrewsterstevenson.com or follow her on Instagram @rebeccabrewsterstevenson.
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