The Truth Shall Set You Free: A Memoir

By Sally Lowe Whitehead (Author)
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A riveting new voice in literary memoir tells the gripping true story of a family shattered--and ultimately set free--by the revelation of a long-hidden secret. Sally Lowe Whitehead shares the deeply personal story of her own and her husband's lifelong quest for spiritual truth--and her astonishing discovery of her husband's homosexuality, which initially broke and then remade her vision of family, love, and Christian faith.



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Pages   261
Dimensions:   Length: 9.3" Width: 5.98" Height: 0.8"
Weight:   1.02 lbs.
Binding  Softcover
Release Date   Mar 1, 1999
Publisher   Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN  0664258182  
EAN  9780664258184  


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The Truth Shall Set You Free Indeed!  Jan 3, 2007
I loved this book for what it taught me. It's almost like a riches to rags story. One who started the journey to faith with such strength and then fell on the way. This book is sad in the sense that the author who believed herself to be set free now is okay with homosexuality and has even embraced it. I feel sorry for her. She will be held accountable on that final day when she meets God.
 
I can relate.  Aug 8, 2006
I am living out the same experience as the author's and I was deeply moved by her story. It validated my own feelings and helped me to better understand the feelings of my gay ex-husband. I was touched to read that their friendship was sustained through it all and it gives me hope for the same. Any married couple dealing with this devastating situation should read her memoir.
 
Reads like a novel but is filled with facts and truth!  Jul 24, 2006
This is an excellently written work that addresses the confusion and the struggle of being in a relationship with someone who is at odds with their own sexuality. To further complicate matters, this book tackles the issue of being deeply entrenched in Christian Fundamentalism while dealing with a spouse who is coming to terms with being gay. The author tells her story in a very open and personal way. It is written much like a novel or short story, yet it is powerfully "real". It is a book that you have a hard time putting down because you want to find out what happens next. Recommended reading for anyone who has a gay family member or friend who has come out after being married and having children.
 
Wishing the fulcrum were moved...  Oct 12, 2001
A moving book, quite heart-rending at times. And yet frustrating as well. Too many pages are given to the crushing and authoritarian leaglism of their early faith which ultimately counts for nothing. As the doors of self- and God-understanding open, I yearned to know more to hear more of their internal transformation and the remarkable people who cross their paths--like Madelaine L'Engle. The climax of confrontation and decision was gripping but I sensed a gauzy filter descending thereafter, masking the grit required in reconsituting lives and relationships.
 
The Compelling Account of a Journey Toward Wholeness  Jul 24, 2001
In a work of rare honesty and compassion, Sally Lowe Whitehead shares her heart with the reader. While focusing on the painful reality of discovering that her husband and the father of her children is gay, this work deals with much more. It is an honest and sometimes painful account of the author's coming to terms with a Church that is often unforgiving and unloving. Whitehead's journey toward faith and forgiveness is both moving and challenging to the reader. It is impossible to read her words and not re-evaluate one's own ideas and prejudices. The Truth Shall Set You Free is a work that is not only honest in its presentation, it is one that encourages the reader to equal honesty.
 

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