Before She Slips Away

What does it take to rescue a friend when saving her life was the easy part? For sixteen years, Ansonia Kettering lived with an undiagnosable mental illness that left her isolated and misunderstood. Trapped in a codependent friendship with the loyal boy next door, living with angry parents who resent his Christian influence, and unable to decide what she wants for herself, she sees no way to change her life. When a suicide attempt nearly ends it, she cries out for supernatural help,...
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What does it take to rescue a friend when saving her life was the easy part? For sixteen years, Ansonia Kettering lived with an undiagnosable mental illness that left her isolated and misunderstood. Trapped in a codependent friendship with the loyal boy next door, living with angry parents who resent his Christian influence, and unable to decide what she wants for herself, she sees no way to change her life. When a suicide attempt nearly ends it, she cries out for supernatural help, and Jesus Christ arrives to change her. Driven by an intense, intimately personal relationship with Christ, this unstable outcast challenges the complacent faith of her community and defies the culture of death that seems to control her generation. Now comes the hard part -- walking in a new way of life -- and that means a change to her close friendship with the loyal boy who doesn't want to lose her. Before She Slips Away captures the Christian walk beyond salvation: what to become when we've been born again, the yearning for God's presence to break through our pain, and the prize we race to win.