{"product_id":"ache-is-a-passport-amanda-dzimianski-9798986941103","title":"Ache is a Passport: Love Letters to Survivors of Spiritual Abuse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn her debut mini-collection, poet and IFB cult survivor Amanda Dzimianski offers those suffering from spiritual abuse words of healing, hope, and affirmation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReligious trauma and spiritual deconstruction download a myriad of painful emotions to our bodies and souls-burning anger, debilitating fear, suffocating confusion, deepest grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnderneath it all, there is a transformative invitation: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elisten to your own longings, and you may find yourself freer than you ever imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposed for both the exvangelical and the deconverted, these poems honor, mourn, and celebrate the journey out of religious suppression and into self-love and spiritual empowerment.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the church-wounded who have spent life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-bargaining with a deity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-people-pleasing in the name of faith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-tamping down every desire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-judging emotion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-fearing divine retribution\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-rebranding or ignoring intuition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-suffering to keep others comfortable\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-hiding a true self underneath layers of community-defined acceptability\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-pursuing religion's brand of holiness at the expense of curiosity, dreams, ambitions, and\/or physical and mental health\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...these poems are for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amanda Dzimianski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8986941104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798986941103\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amanda Dzimianski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.14d","brand":"Amanda Dzimianski","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44071068434687,"sku":"9798986941103","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d0f8e3f1-e198-4b93-a894-f9e5b352ad7a.jpg?v=1685433965","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ache-is-a-passport-amanda-dzimianski-9798986941103","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}