The Dark Side of The Way of the Happy Woman

An Excerpt from The Book of SHE by Sara Avant Stover

Before we get started, I need to tell you a secret. In the spring of 2010, about six months before my encounter with Mary Magdalene, I experienced a perfect storm of three life-changing events that altered my path forever. Just as I signed the contract to write my first book, The Way of the Happy Woman, which was a lifelong dream come true, my then-boyfriend broke up with me, and my landlord asked me to move out of my idyllic home in Boulder, Colorado. Suddenly, I was bound to a six-month deadline and — despite my best attempts — I couldn’t find a new home. Every possibility I came across imploded. Running out of time, and without a stable base from which to write, I received the grace of a girlfriend’s invitation to move out to Ashland, Oregon, for the summer to rent a home she owned and finish the book. I packed my car, put the rest of my belongings into storage, and headed west.

Once there, I struggled to nurse my broken heart without my ...

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