Esther Emery used to direct stage plays in Southern California. But that was a long time ago. Now she lives with her husband and three children off the grid in a yurt, tending to three acres in the foothills of Idaho's Rocky Mountains. She writes about faith and trying to live a fearless, free life at www.estheremery.com. Website: http://www.estheremery.com
You've never read a book like this one: frankly self-deprecating,
boldly complex, intense, joyfully honest, devastatingly beautiful,
heartbreakingly funny. What Falls from the Sky is about so much
more than one woman's year without the Internet; it's about
marriage and choices, faith and rest, community and family, grief
and hope, food and dirt---all the things that make our lives worth
living. It is impossible to live an unexamined life with Esther as
your friend. She is completely herself, and so her story sings of
freedom within the silence and even within the noise. * - Sarah
Bessey, author of Jesus Feminist and Out of Sorts: Making Peace
with an Evolving Faith *
I tore through this book like the pages were on fire. Esther
Emery's courageous, gritty, and self-aware experiment with fasting
from the Internet is nothing less than a freedom song. This book is
a must-read for anyone who has struggled with finding connection
and meaning in a world where communication is reduced to texts,
pixels, and emojis. Esther's story will provide fresh perspective
and inspiration. * - Elizabeth Esther, author of Girl at the End of
the World and Spiritual Sobriety *
Esther Emery makes me believe in a different kind of world: where
the table, not the screen, has primacy of place; where people
change; where silence unfurls---and God still speaks. I'm grateful
for that world and the Christ who makes it possible. * - Jen
Pollock Michel, author of Teach Us to Want: Longing, Ambition, and
the Life of Faith; and Keeping Place: Reflections on the Meaning of
Home *
What Falls from the Sky is a keenly observed exploration of life on
the other side of blogs, Twitter, and Facebook. Emery's rich
self-awareness and observation of the world harmonize masterfully,
and this debut is rich with wit, irony, and grace. A year richly
lived, this is a book to be savored. * - Preston Yancey, author of
Out of the House of Bread: Satisfying Your Hunger for God with the
Spiritual Disciplines *
What started for Esther as an experiment of whittling down turned
into a journey of abundance. I was riveted from the first page, and
when I reached the last, I felt I had gained a new friend. Profound
and gentle, compelling and engaging, Esther's story will spur you
on to love and live better. * -Amy Boucher Pye, author of Finding
Myself in Britain *
In this remarkable debut, Esther puts hard stop to the chaos of the
Internet and lets the waters settle enough to peer into her own
soul. And by showing us, unflinchingly, what she finds there, she
gives us the courage to get quiet, get attentive, and listen to our
own lives. * - Addie Zierman, author of When We Were on Fire and
Night Driving *
Esther Emery's What Falls from the Sky is a joyful pilgrimage into
the heart of what matters in a complex and connected world. With
wit and wisdom, she takes us on a wholehearted journey of an
embodied faith: a faith where heart and hands, mind and body matter
equally and the truth of Scripture is confirmed in the truth of the
earth. What Falls from the Sky is not to be missed. * - Christina
Crook, author of The Joy of Missing Out: Finding Balance in a Wired
World *
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