If you are aching for a child and perhaps confused about why God seems to be denying you this good gift, you may feel very alone. Our churches and communities can seem as if they are filled with children, which can be a source of both joy and pain. You may wonder whether God thinks you are somehow less worthy of being a parent than others, or if he is punishing or disciplining you for some reason.

Susannah Lee knows this emotional wrestle personally, and doesn't believe Christians should be left to experience it in isolation. She wrote The Fruitful Soul to inspire Christians - those going through infertility and those around them - to work out together how God's word speaks into this painful situation, and to do so with compassion and with confidence about God's character, promises and plans for hope.

In The Fruitful Soul, Susannah examines the big picture of creation and sin, and the examples of infertile couples in the Old Testament, to see what we can - and can't - learn from these. She also gets personal and practical by looking at self-blame and 'fault', issues of obedience and curses, and how we can still be fruitful when we face temptation in the wilderness of infertility.

This gently written book bravely and honestly faces the grief of childlessness - and all its connected questions - with deep and careful biblical research and the wisdom that comes from lived experience.