Losing Susan: Brain Disease, the Priest's Wife, and the God Who Gives and Takes Away

by Victor Lee Austin

0 ratings • 0 reviews • 0 shelved
Book cover for Losing Susan

Bookhype may earn a small commission from qualifying purchases. Full disclosure.

The Story of Brain Disease and the Priest's Wife

This is the story of Susan--a wife, mother, Christian believer, lover of children, writer of stories, and woman of extraordinary intellect. Susan was diagnosed with a brain tumor in her late thirties. Although it was successfully treated, the process led to her slow, unending decline.

In this personal story of love and loss, Victor Lee Austin shares how caring for his wife during her painful struggle with brain cancer and its aftereffects brought him face-to-face with his God and with his faith in unsettling ways. God gave Victor what his heart most desired--marriage to Susan--then God took away what he had given. Yet God never withdrew his presence. Weaving together autobiographical details and profound theological insights, this powerful narrative shows that we are called to turn to God in the face of suffering.
  • ISBN10 1587434075
  • ISBN13 9781587434075
  • Publish Date 28 February 2017 (first published 21 June 2016)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 4 March 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Baker Publishing Group
  • Imprint Brazos Press, Div of Baker Publishing Group
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 160
  • Language English