or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
More Buying Choices
19 used & new from £4.55
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Revelations of a Single Woman: Loving the Life I Didn't Expect
 
 
Share your own customer images
Search inside this book

Revelations of a Single Woman: Loving the Life I Didn't Expect (Paperback)

by Connally Gilliam (Author) "Over the years, a number of friends have shared with me that the best thing they have ever done was to jettison the crazy dysfunctions..." (more)
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
RRP: £8.99
Price: £8.09 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
You Save: £0.90 (10%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
Usually dispatched within 1 to 3 weeks.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.

14 new from £4.55 5 used from £10.94

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

The Shack

The Shack

by Wm Paul Young
3.8 out of 5 stars (390)  £3.96
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Saltriver (Jan 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1414303084
  • ISBN-13: 978-1414303086
  • Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 14 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 679,198 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
Inside This Book (Learn More)
First Sentence
Over the years, a number of friends have shared with me that the best thing they have ever done was to jettison the crazy dysfunctions or strangling grip of the generations before them. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
Search inside this book:

Suggested Tags from Similar Products

 (What's this?)
Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
 
singleness
single women
life coach
christian living
womens issues
unmarried
christian singles
christian singleness

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags
 

Customer Reviews

1 Review
5 star:    (0)
4 star:
 (1)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Not your typical reader. But a very good book..., 22 Jan 2007
By Mr. Kevin Hargaden (Maynooth, Ireland) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
I am neither unmarried, nor a woman. It is clear that I am not the target audience of this book. My wife who is obviously married and also female isn't either. She also has a tendency to hate Christian books. My library is littered with classics that she has discarded 2 chapters in. "They say nothing to anyone outside their constituency" would be her typical critique.

Although this is very much a Christian book, it didn't meet the same fate. In fact, I was intruiged by the way that my wife described how Gilliam interweaved serious, Biblical thought into an easily readable episodic reflection on how she has come to terms with unexpected singleness. The fact that this book is readable should be evidence enough that it is a cut above most of its competition.

There are some beautifully written paragraphs, deep theology and a refreshing willingness to trade in the real world that people live in instead of some pious fairyland that tends to be the territory of most Christian books. It neither falls into the pit of legalistically telling people what to do nor twisting the topic around so that it can be a simple "take it to the Cross" evangelistic message. Instead, it advises trust in a Gracious God in the midst of loneliness, battles with celibacy, and crises over career that comes with not being married when you think you would be. It surprised me that it dealt head on with issues like sex before marriage, lesbianism, masturbation and infidelity. These are usually no-go areas, regretablly, amongst Christian literature.

I do think it was a little American-centric. Even if it is only to be sold in USA, in a global age the editing should have taken account of the readership that would find the book on sites like Amazon. It does avoid the rampant gender generalisations that characterise a lot of Americah writing, which was another very strong point. There were some aspects of the chapter on boundaries that I felt were not as fully formed or as balanced as everywhere else but these minor flaws only serve to show up how good the rest of the book is.

I don't know if non-Christians struggle with singleness in the same way since they don't have to deal with the (often hypothetical) challenge of celibacy but perhaps it is rather a problem of language. Single non-Christians have no framework through which to understand their dissatisfaction at not being married. But my wandering thoughts aside, I would choose wisely who I would share this book with. It deals in such a full-frontal way with the issue from a Biblical perspective that I don't think it would read well in post-Christendom Europe. For Americans, however, this might be the ideal book to have at hand for your single female friends who are struggling; or your hapless male friends who need to get a clue on how to relate to the fairer sex.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject










i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Ad

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.