I liked this book, but felt as if it was rushed at some points. Overall, an adult examining how her conservative, evangelical roots fit into real life. A story about the desire to make your world bigger, and them literally going out there and making it happen..

Such a beautiful beautiful book weaving both travel and faith in it.
Such an amazing read. I'm sad to see I've finished reading this book.

Wanderlost
Falling from Grace and Finding Mercy in All the Wrong Places
Natalie Toon Patton
Pub Date 26 Oct 2021
Paraclete Press
Christian | Religion & Spirituality




I am reviewing a copy of Wanderlost through Paraclete Press and Netgalley:




Natalie was once the Golden Girl of her Arkansas town but she finds herself squeezed under small town shame and rejection after being kicked out of church for getting a divorce. It’s a hard fall off of a sanctimonious high horse, and religious fundamentalism has left her feeling broken and stuck. But she’s unable to get rid of the Wanderlost woes that have plagued her since childhood, so she runs away to the Middle East. As a mostly-sheltered Southerner, she struggles to adapt but is determined to be ‘at home’ in the world.





Natalie’s journey is more than just a pilgrimage it’s a peregrination: a one-way ticket to elsewhere in search of the place of her own resurrection. In these pages you will find a suspenseful adventure filled with love, loss, laughter, tears, and a little bit of scandalous behavior, but at the heart of it, Natalie walks squarely into the unknown to confront the secret matters of the soul that we wrestle with at night.





I’d recommend Wanderlost to anyone who has ever felt as if they have fallen from Grave, it’s a reminder that God finds us even in our brokenness.






I give Wanderlost five out of five stars…