A Christian Question: Writing the Memoir "God, the Devil, and Divorce"

“This is well written, Linda,” said one of my critique partners, “but I would never buy this book. I can’t relate to your struggle in deciding to divorce. I mean, I believe in God and all that, but trying to live by what the Bible says, besides a few basic principles, doesn’t interest me. Doesn’t God want us to be happy?”
 
I smiled. “Aah, That’s an interesting question and maybe not as simple as you imagine. I’ll tell you this—if you haven’t seriously asked yourself what is pleasing to God, I wouldn’t expect you to find this story of value. But in the Christian circles that I’ve been a part of, there are women and men like myself, who do ask these questions. And what especially interests me is the conflicting answers we Christians come up with and God's response. That’s pretty much what my story is about, and those are the readers I want to reach.”
 
True, God, the Devil, and Divorce: A Memoir, is not for everyone. And if you do read it when it’s published, you may not agree with my decisions and conclusions. But it very well might get you to thinking and talking about this subject with one another, and in my book, that’s a good thing.