Loving Isaac
Overview
A fiercely honest story of motherhood, faith, and autism--one woman's unfiltered journey to love her son, her church, and herself in the middle of the mess.
Told with unvarnished candor and a wry, steady hope, this memoir follows a mother raising her autistic son, Isaac, in small-town Oklahoma--through meltdowns and missteps, awkward Sundays and quiet miracles. Nothing is sugar-coated: not the strain on marriage, not the loneliness in pews, not the long nights of doubt. Yet again and again, love shows up in unexpected places.
You'll walk beside a family learning, stumbling, and slowly rebuilding what faith and community can look like when disability is in the room.
Readers will experience:
- Honest snapshots of life with a special needs child--sensory overload, routines, and the chaos no one sees
- A ground-level look at church life, inclusion, and the gap between good intentions and real support
- Tender reflections on marriage, exhaustion, resentment, and choosing to stay
- Letters to Isaac that reveal the fierce, ordinary courage of a mother who refuses to give up
If you're hungry for a Christian memoir that tells the truth about special needs, church, and family without neat bows or easy answers, this is the story to read next.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780758657893
- ISBN-10: 0758657897
- Publisher: Concordia Publishing House
- Publish Date: January 2018
- Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.9 pounds
- Page Count: 352
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