Where the Stained Glass Split

Bol

What happens when love is conditional, faith is used as control, and silence is mistaken for obedience?In this unflinching memoir, Where the Stained Glass Split traces one woman's journey from adoption into a deeply religious family to the hard-won freedom of telling the truth-about abuse, belief, and the cost of belonging. Raised in a world where image mattered more than safety and obedience was praised over honesty, she learned early how to survive by shrinking.But survival is not the same as living.As faith is weaponized, family loyalty becomes leverage, and truth is met with denial, she faces a choice: remain silent to keep the peace, or walk away to save herself. What follows is a powerful reckoning with religious trauma, conditional love, and the long process of reclaiming identity-on her own terms.This is not a story of losing faith, but of finding a truer one. Not a rejection of family, but an insistence on safety, dignity, and truth. Written with restraint, courage, and clarity, this memoir is a testament to the fact that healing doesn't require permission-and freedom is possible, even when it costs everything.

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Pages: 378, Paperback, Independently published