First published 2010
Gayle Haggard faces the collapse of everything she knows when her husband Ted becomes the center of a devastating public scandal in November 2006. Ted leads the massive New Life Church in Colorado Springs and serves as president of the National Association of Evangelicals. The exposure threatens to destroy not just their marriage but Gayle's place in the church community she has called home for over twenty years. She must decide whether to abandon her life or fight to rebuild it from the ground up. Gayle chronicles the brutal choices she confronts in her darkest moments and reveals how she rediscovered the Bible's core teachings about forgiveness and love. Her story shows how broken people can find healing within communities willing to offer restoration rather than judgment.
Genres: christian-fiction, religion, memoir, non-fiction
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: redemption, second-chance
Setting: Colorado Springs
Period: 2006
368 pages · Hardcover · Tyndale House Publishers
Content warnings: abuse