Party of One, Joy Beth Smith
Party of One, Joy Beth Smith
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Party of One
Truth, Longing, and the Subtle Art of Singleness

Author: Joy Beth Smith

Narrator: Madeleine Rose

Unabridged: 5 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/06/2018

Synopsis

Did you enter adulthood thinking marriage would find you, only to end up at a second-cousin's wedding, dodging yet another bouquet the night before you turned thirty? Maybe you've started wondering if this is the best the single life has to offer. Joy Beth Smith says it's not-that single life doesn't have to leave you constantly waiting for real life to begin. If you let go of the tired lies weighing you down, you can turn toward truth: You don't have to be married to be wise. You don't have to be a mother to love. You don't have to own a home to be hospitable. Singleness is not meant to be pitied, shamed, fixed, or even ignored. It is to be celebrated. God doesn't promise you a husband, but he does promise comfort, intimacy, and satisfaction. With humor, self-awareness, and been-there perspective, Party of One delves into the insecurities and struggles of singleness and encourages you to find the good, the true, and the beautiful, diving headfirst into community and no longer pressing pause on your

About Joy Beth Smith

Joy Beth Smith is a managing editor of Christianity Today and a winner of the Evangelical Press Association's Higher Goals in Christian Journalism Award. She's been published in The Washington Post, Salt Lake Tribune, Virginian Pilot, and Christ and Pop Culture. After earning her MA degree in English literature, she had a brief stint as a teacher. She resides in the Chicago metropolitan area.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mackenzie

3 stars✨ While I loved what this book brought to the table in regard to the church's view of singles, a conversation I'm happy is starting to grow, I didn't always agree with the author. When she talks about Jesus not being enough for her, I HIGHLY disagree. There is no need of man that Jesus can no......more

Goodreads review by Bailey Jean

YES. THIS. This is the book on singleness that the church and Christian literature has needed and so sadly lacked for so long. It’s bright, bold, and honest, and I found myself underlining, circling, or starring something on nearly every page. I’d gift it to every single gal I know if I could afford......more

Goodreads review by Andrea

This book exceeded my expectations, which were already pretty high. Joy Beth Smith tackles what can be an extremely sensitive and painful subject for so many with humor, honesty, and lots of grace for herself and her readers. She offers stories (her own and others'), rather than pat answers and leave......more

Goodreads review by Haley

This is quite honestly the book I've been needing for years. It reads very much like all the conversations I've had with all my single Christian friends who are in their late 20s and older--all of us who are frustrated by not knowing our place in the Church, by feeling as though there really isn't a......more

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