<p>Author Melinda Worth Popham left home for Yale Divinity School at age fifty-six after a barrage of painful life events brought her to her knees and led to the discovery that pain is the Miracle Gro of spiritual growth.</p><p>Grace Period recounts the spiritual journey launched by the break-up of her marriage and her teenage daughter&rsquo;s descent into an intractable depression that led to an Ivy League seminary, not in pursuit of ordination to ministry but quite simply to her &ldquo;plain old ordinary sacred self.&rdquo; Wise, honest, and unexpectedly humorous, Grace Period is not only about Popham&rsquo;s study of God but about God&rsquo;s education of her.</p><p><em>&ldquo;In this impeccably written memoir, Popham ... proves herself a highbrow, refined spiritual sister to Anne Lamott.</em></p><p>&mdash; Publishers Weekly (starred review)</p><p><em>&ldquo;Anyone who has suffered, or lives with a modicum of spiritual curiosity, will want to press this book into the hands of a friend.&rdquo;</em></p><p>&mdash; BlueInk Review (starred review)</p><p><em>&ldquo;A stunning spiritual autobiography and a work of profound discernment.&rdquo;</em></p><p>&mdash; Foreword Clarion Review (5-star review)</p><p>Next Generation Indie Book Awards finalist</p>