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Originally when I saw that this book had been chosen for Oprah's Book Club I was ecstatic. I love Glennon Doyle. I read "Carry On, Warrior" and it has a quote in it that I want to get painted on the wall when I have kids for them to memorize and have on their heart. I love her heart for Jesus and that it isn't tied to a specific denomination (or non-denomination) just..solely Him, and her walk through life. Glennon's open honesty and just painful truth sometimes is actually one of the reasons I started my Millennial Christian blog collective because I realized how powerful her stories were to me, just because she was unafraid to write about things.

In this book, Glennon talks very candidly about her life, how her marriage came to be, and the brutally honest struggles they went through. Mainly, when it came out that her husband had cheated on her multiple times, and consistently throughout her marriage. Glennon doesn't hold back what she's feeling throughout this entire memoir and I think that's why I love it so much. She talks about her failings and places where she struggled, and is just completely open and honest with her anger and stages of grief and mourning as she and Craig both try to answer the question, "What's next?" Craig makes it clear to Glennon that he wants to try again, and do it right and she isn't sure if she's ready for that.

This story is raw, and beautiful, and hard. And I think that's what I love most about Glennon Doyle, because she seems so bravely unafraid to bear her soul to the world. Almost like "I've been through enough, what else could I lose when I could have everything to gain?" and it makes me feel like she's one of my closest friends, that I can call up and just talk to about how terrible my life is and then crawl into her shawl while she holds me and tells me it's going to be okay. I cried with her in the book, and just wanted to buy her coffee and give her a hug and sit with her in the hard times.

I was surprised how much I absolutely loved this book and tore through it. I never wanted this book to end, because I love Glennon Doyle more than most authors I think. I totally understand why Oprah picked it for her book club.