Patty Kirk

Heaven Without Her

History & Biography

“Exhaustively revisiting and cataloging the events of her own life, Foth-Regner concludes that the problem that had no name actually has one—namely, separation from God—and its solution is faith. I admire the literary thoroughness of Foth-Regner’s entry into faith. She reads today’s popular Christian canon—everything from C. S. Lewis to Josh McDowell and the writings of the creation debate—in her determination to build a real faith out of the scraps of her yearnings.”

Holy Is the Day

Christian Living

“Weber's memoir is a delight to read, perhaps best summed up in her wise pronouncement at the center of the book that 'trauma prepares us for resurrection.' She writes of having babies at an 'advanced maternal age,' pursuing an academic career in a decidedly anti-Christian professional environment, trying to figure out how to juggle teaching with writing and family, and other day-to-day traumas of life, large and small. She rises up refreshed from each struggle and serves up what she learns with thought-provoking excursions into Scripture as well as into the literature she loves. She writes sweetly and earnestly, like a wise child. Or perhaps like the wise old woman of God that she hopes someday to become which, I'd argue, she already is.”