{"product_id":"the-wrong-prayer-kimberly-bishop-9798242635531","title":"The Wrong Prayer: Prayers from the Bathroom Floor: A Christian Redemption Story of Finding the Right Prayer","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhat do you do when the prayer you've been crying into the darkness is the wrong one?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a hot August night in 1976, Lulu Wilson is born into the waiting arms of four generations of women who will teach her that some foundations run deeper than pain. Her great-great-grandmother Lola becomes her true north star-a woman of unwavering faith who plants roots deep enough to hold through any storm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You got roots, baby girl,\" Lola whispers on her deathbed when Lulu is just ten. \"Deep roots. When the storms come, those roots will hold you even when you think you're breaking.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLulu doesn't know yet how desperately she'll need to remember those words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt nineteen, she's a high school dropout and single mother living with her grandparents, working double shifts at a diner, and wondering if she's already used up all her chances. When Beau walks into that diner with his charming smile and promises of forever, she believes she's found her second chance at happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe's wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor sixteen years, Lulu survives behind closed doors what looks perfect from the outside. Emotional abuse that strips away her sense of self. Financial control that keeps her trapped. A man who weaponizes faith to keep her small, silent, and stuck. And every night, crumpled on a bathroom floor at 2 a.m., she prays the same desperate prayer: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"God, please change him. Fix him. Make him the man I need him to be.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGod never answers that prayer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause it's the wrong one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt takes a lifetime-and hitting rock bottom in ways she never imagined-for Lulu to understand that God won't change another person against their will. That the most faithful thing she can do isn't to keep praying for her husband to become someone else. It's to ask God to change her. To give her the strength, courage, and faith to save herself and her children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Lulu finally prays the right prayer, everything changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE WRONG PRAYER: Prayers from the Bathroom Floor\u003c\/b\u003e is the story of one woman's journey from survival to redemption, from a bathroom floor in desperation to Dr. Lulu McCallister standing on a porch she earned. It's about breaking generational cycles of abuse and trauma. About finding faith that liberates instead of traps. About discovering that sometimes love means letting go, that rest is holy, and that roots planted deep enough will hold you through seasons that feel like they'll break you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the humid streets of East Savannah to the peaceful shores of Tybee Island, from teenage mother to doctoral graduate, from victim to survivor to thriver, this is a story of resilience, redemption, and the transformative power of praying the right prayer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor every woman who's ever felt stuck, broken, or lost. For anyone who's prayed desperate prayers into the darkness. For daughters and mothers and grandmothers learning to break cycles and plant new roots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe weeping may endure for a night, but joy-real, earned, hard-won joy-comes in the morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe roots will hold.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA raw, honest memoir about domestic violence, spiritual abuse, faith that heals, and the courage it takes to save yourself when the person you love won't change. Perfect for anyone who believes in second chances and the power of deep roots and grandmas love and prayers.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kimberly Bishop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798242635531\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d","brand":"Kimberly Bishop","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49171652641023,"sku":"9798242635531","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-wrong-prayer-kimberly-bishop-9798242635531","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}