{"product_id":"the-book-of-susan-paperback","title":"The Book of Susan - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMelanie K. Hutsell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Award of Merit of the 2023 Christianity Today Book Awards -- Fiction! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Profound and compulsively readable.\" --Silas House, author of \u003ci\u003eSouthernmost\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew from a fresh voice in literary fiction comes this riveting deep-dive into one woman's experience with bipolar disorder and God. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHer mind has never failed her--until an ill-fated dinner party. \u003c\/i\u003e Meet Dr. Susan Huffman: wife to chancery court judge Samuel Ellison, mother to adorable Ian, and college professor on track for tenure. She's a woman who has always lived by her mind, and begins each day with a plan and a purpose. But then new-in-town Lorraine Davis accepts an invitation to Susan and Samuel's home, and Susan begins to see mysterious visions. Are they symptoms of mental illness or warnings from God? And if so, how can she protect her circle of friends, her family, and her life as she knows it? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this urgent and emotionally raw \u003ci\u003enovel\u003c\/i\u003e, a mother and professor journeys through revelations and betrayals to recover and thrive against tough odds. \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Susan\u003c\/i\u003e is the spare and sympathetic recounting of a journey--from derailment, to diagnosis, to the discovery of a lifetime. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA native of east Tennessee, poet and novelist \u003cb\u003eMelanie K. Hutsell\u003c\/b\u003e has been learning to live with bipolar disorder for more than fifteen years. She holds a BA in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an MA in English from Indiana University at Bloomington, and an MBA from East Tennessee State University. She is the author of the novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Dead Shall Rise: A Tale of the Mountains\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Susan, \u003c\/i\u003e which received the \u003ci\u003eAward of Merit \u003c\/i\u003ein the fiction category of the 2023 Christianity Today Book Awards. A lay member of the United Methodist Church, an avid reader, and music lover, she currently resides in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 19, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50332895674605,"sku":"9781640607675","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/5SMJz9y_FR9781640607675.webp?v=1784972800","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/the-book-of-susan-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}