American Leftovers

Name: American Leftovers
Brand: Author's Republic
Availability: InStock
Author: Eric Wilson
ISBN: 9798823469494

Author: Eric Wilson, Heidi Wilson Messner, Shaun Wilson

Narrator: Shaun Wilson, Eric Wilson, Heidi Wilson Messner, Matthew Messner, Michelle Wilson, Mark Wilson

Unabridged: 14 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Chalice Press

Published: 06/30/2023

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Memoirs, Philosophy, Movements, Religion, Christian Living, Family & Relationships

Synopsis

American Leftovers is the story of Heidi, Eric, and Shaun, three children who follow their parents through eastern Europe on Bible-smuggling adventures in the early 1970s. When they return to the States, they face third-culture questions of home and identity. They also deal with sexual situations and abuse, while settling into an evangelical bubble with their parents who pastor a fast-growing church. Everything collapses when their father runs off with an eighteen-year-old girl, leaving behind his family and church. This forces Heidi, Eric, and Shaun to reconcile their own spiritual fervor with the lies and dysfunction so close to home.

About Eric Wilson

Eric Wilson is a New York Times best-selling author whose books include the novelizations of hit films Flywheel, Facing the Giants, and Fireproof. His acclaimed suspense novels, including Expiration Date and 2 Seconds Late, explore earth’s tension between heaven and hell. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife and two daughters.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Evan

A great memoir of family trauma and crises of faith. The only reason why I am giving this book four stars is because I think I may have enjoyed a little bit more insight on how the events recorded in this book affected how Eric's, Heidi's, and Shaun's view religion and what critiques they have conce......more

Goodreads review by Carissa

Reading this book as a third culture kid myself I felt like the authors told my own story despite theirs having happened 30 years before I existed. The geckos that loose their tails, the people you befriend then never see again, the travel, the constant change, the splash baths with cold water I cou......more

Goodreads review by Pamela

This is a book that you won’t want to put down. It is happy, sad, joyful and brutal. Takes your mind places that are unimaginable. I admire the courage of these three siblings to tell all. This is a MUST READ!!......more

Goodreads review by James

This is a brutally honest look at the struggles and triumphs of one family’s journey together. There are many topics discussed that are still not mentioned in Christian circles today but need to be. The struggles discussed are what many people are dealing with everyday but no one talks about. The au......more

Goodreads review by B. Anne

American Leftovers takes you through a roller coaster of emotions in this heart-rending true story of siblings who experienced nail-biting, life-threatening situations while growing up as ministry kids around the world. This is movie material! This book is for anyone who grew up in ministry. The Wils......more