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Lauren F. Winner
2002
The Summary
Girl Meets God chronicles a year in the life of author Lauren Winner as she negotiates her religious conversion from Judaism to Christianity and comes to terms with her new religious life.
The Good
Winner creates an intriguing memoir, weaving together aspects of her life, her dueling religious identity, and her knowledge of Christianity and Judaism. She creates a catalog of her life as she experienced it through the lens of her religions.
More importantly, Winner writes from a place of experience, laying her life bare and sharing her most intimate memories, thus her novel rings with great truths and terrible moral dilemmas.
Her journey and her life may even appear familiar to the reader, because she documents her doubts, her triumphs, her hopes, and her greatest fears, as well as her thoughts. She offers insight into life - and religion - and tackles what it means to be human, what it means to be alive, and what it means to have a relationship with God.
It's fascinatingly human and deeply religious.
The Bad
Life isn't always pretty - and when religion is thrown into the mix, it can get down right confusing.
And, like I said, Winner's novel is fascinatingly human and deeply religious, which may not be your cup of tea.
The Ugly
Let's just say life isn't always exciting, and Winner's memoir can become slightly dry and slightly wordy. She is, after all, an academic and it does occasionally happen. So some parts may be worth skimming, if you find your attention wavering.
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