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• Love Me Sane on Dec. 28, 2011
  
  Review of Love Me Sane by Tralisa McNeal I was given a copy of this book to review by the author. It is the story of a woman struggling with early abuse and rape and the conflicting feelings she tries to deal with later in life. She has made some wrong choices and also been deeply hurt by life, but suffers greatly from alternating feelings of guilt and inability to trust others. Family members have made decisions without consulting her and she feels forced into a life she had no choice about. People judge and condemn her without knowing her circumstances. She believes if she can just be free to make her own choices she will at last be happy. But she finds that freedom isn't always so easy to get, or so easy to live with. McNeal presents a very intimate, realistic picture of the main character, Stacy's, state of mind throughout the book. I could relate deeply to many of the conflicts she suffers, the cries to God of "Where are you?" and "Why did this happen?" Stacy is indeed seeking God throughout much of the book, struggling with a Christianity that might be different from that of many. But she grows and changes throughout the book, searching for what God wants, trying to reconnect with her daughter, and trying to rebuild her marriage and communicate better with her husband. This is not a book for the fainthearted. I was privileged to chat with the author several times in the course of my read, and she explained her perspective intelligently and believes God has called her to write this book in this way. There is quite a bit of graphic language early on but that is part of the growth process. It's not a comfortable book, but Stacy's life isn't comfortable. Up to the very end, she is struggling with relationships, with what God has and hasn't given her and is or isn't doing with her life. Deception and trust play a big part in the story, and are a big idea in the minds of Christians young and old in the faith.