Every year, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books becomes livelier and brighter thanks to the growing number of attendees. From book lovers, casual readers, and literary collectors to authors and publishers, people gathered to celebrate literacy.
The largest book festival in the US opened its doors last April for a glamorous two-day weekend celebration with the bookworms. Held at the University of Southern California, a large number of book enthusiasts, book lovers, and book collectors, as well as writers, established authors, and many more, attended the free event.
A lot of festival attendees went by the Citi of Books booth to check for their next read and potential favorite book. One of the books that were chosen is “Recovery Happens Through Christ: My Story of Abuse, Alcoholism, and Adultery” by Marilynne Harrison. It was displayed on April 20th and 21st at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at the University of Southern California.
Marilynne Harrison and her husband live in northern Wisconsin, in the small town of Shell Lake. After overcoming drugs, alcohol, and a same-sex relationship, life seems almost normal. Without a doubt, it would have been an unhappy ending for Marilynne’s life had God not intervened. Because she so clearly knows that her victories are a gift from Him, Marilynne boldly released her journals, written during the most trying days of her life, out of which this book was taken. Her primary purpose for sharing her uttermost secrets is to encourage others who are also struggling with drugs, alcohol, and/or same-sex relationships.
“Recovery Happens Through Christ: My Story of Abuse, Alcoholism, and Adultery” is taken from the journals of Marilynne Harrison, an otherwise regular person who found herself sexually abused as a child and exposed to a world of sin in such a way as to bring tears to one’s eyes. By the time she was eleven, Marilynne was exposed to drugs, alcohol, and sex, and worst of all, she was told to keep her situation to herself. The results of being robbed of her childhood led Marilynne to continue to live her life in the only way she knew, by continuing in the same sins.
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