Life, In Spite of Me : Extraordinary Hope After a Fatal Choice (Paperback)

from Justjenniferreading

This was an amazing book. It was so scary, touching, inspirational, and a million other things that aren't coming to mind right now. It was so full of raw emotion that I cried on many occasions while reading this one. I've never contemplated suicide, I've never been raped and yet I connected with...

from ReviewsbyMolly

With God, ALL things are possible. Including overcoming fatal choices and devestating tragedies. That's what Kristin Anderson learned and she's telling us all about it in her book, co-authored with Tricia Goyer, Life, In Spite of Me. I'm truly happy I had the chance to review this emotionally gri...

from sb631

Life, In Spite of Me by Kristen Jane Anderson, is Kristen's story of life. When she was 17 years old, she attempted suicide. She laid down on train tracks hoping to end all the pain. But she survived and lost both her legs. Kristen did not know why she had lived, but she knew that she was worse o...

from fredamans

Being a subject of such sensitive nature I was nervous to read this book. Suicide is one thing in the world that we all wish we saw less of. Kristen's story, right from the very beginning, caught me and pulled me tight to it. I couldn't put the book down. I knew she survived, but while reading, y...

from Sneezybee23

Kristen Jane Anderson's teen years were filled with one painful experience after another. Seeing no hope, she laid down on a set of railroad tracks and waited for the train to kill her. Unbelievably, after thirty-three freight cars ran over her, she was still alive - but missing her legs. Thus be...