Where the Light Fell
A Memoir
by Philip Yancey
Pub Date 05 Oct 2021
Convergent Books
Biographies & Memoirs | Nonfiction (Adult)
I am reviewing a copy of Where the Light Fell through Convergent Books and NetGalley:
Phillip Yancey and his brother. Marshall raised by an impoverished widow who earned room and board as a Bible teacher in 1950s Atlanta. Both he and his brother, Marshall, found ways to venture out beyond the confines of their eight-foot-wide trailer. But while he was in college Phillip Yancey uncover the shocking secret of his Fathers desk, the secret that began to illuminate the motivations that drove his mother to extreme, often hostile religious convictions and a belief that her sons had been ordained for
Yancey dives into his family origins, searching for answers, taking us on an evocative journey from the backwoods of the Bible Belt to the bustling streets of Philadelphia; from trailer parks to church sanctuaries; from family oddballs to fire-and-brimstone preachers and childhood awakenings through nature, music, and literature. In time the weight of the family pressure sent Phillip and Marshall on opposite path, one toward healing from the impact of what he calls a “toxic faith,” the other into a self-destructive spiral.
I give Where the Light Fell from five out of five stars!
Happy Reading!
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