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‘Wrestling with God’ Celebrates Its First Year

February 4, 2016 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Barbara Falconer Newhall, author of "Wrestling with God: Stories of Doubt and Faith," reads from her book at the podium of the Book Passage Bookstore, Corte Madera, CA, April, 2015. Photo by Cheryl McLaughlin

This week Wrestling with God celebrates the first anniversary of its publication by Patheos Press. Here’s what folks are saying about it. Read more.

“Wrestling with God” Got a Starred Review From Publishers Weekly — And I’m Doing the Happy Dance

January 22, 2015 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Author Barbara Falconer Newhall opens her copy of Publishers Weekly magazine, which had just arrived in the mail, to find that her book, Wrestling with God, got a starred review in the January 21, 2015, issue. PHoto by Jon Newhall

I’ve got some news. Huge news. “Wrestling with God“ got a starred review from Publishers Weekly this week. They reviewed my book, and they gave it one of their big, fat red stars. Read more.

Lauren Winner: Seven Pithy Writing Tips From a Best-Selling Memoirist

November 22, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Lauren Winner, author of the popular “Girl Meets God,” offers tips for writers.

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A Case of the Human Condition: I’m a Woman with a — Sprawling — Past

The trouble with painting inside your closets is — everything has to come out of them.
And then what do you do with all your beloved stuff?

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