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I Wasn't Expecting That

Finding Grace in the Fragility of Life

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  • Paperback
  • 176 pages
  • Publisher: Darton Longman & Todd
  • 12.6 x 19.8 cm

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For anyone facing the unexpected hard times of life.

Shares stories of finding God in grief and struggle.

Encourages you to trust in God during tough seasons.

A candid and deeply moving memoir that finds the grace of God in the midst of life's unexpected trials.

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** This title is available for pre-order. Copies will be released at the end of November **

This heart-touching spiritual memoir recognises that life is a messy, unpredictable, brutally hard, awe-filled, precarious gift – a potent mix that can both bless us and break us, pointing to the healing grace of God’s presence, active and alongside us in all of it. While recounting some of the most challenging threads from her own life and those of her family - including her son's school refusal, autism diagnosis, and seven year journey back into education - Rosemary Lain-Priestley shares stories of parenting, anxiety, neurodiversity, unemployment, divorce, community, difference, loss, authenticity, cancer, home, coherence, companionship, precarity, dogs and horses, sabbath, liminality and love, and frames them all within an overarching story of God’s presence and grace.. Foreword by Paula Gooder.

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  • Title

    I Wasn't Expecting That

  • Author

    Rosemary Lain-Priestley

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Darton Longman & Todd

  • Published

    October 2026

  • Page Count

    176

  • Dimensions

    12.6 x 19.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9781917362382

  • ISBN-10

    1917362382

  • Eden Code

    7563431