What Falls from the Sky, Esther Emery
What Falls from the Sky, Esther Emery
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What Falls from the Sky
How I Disconnected from the Internet and Reconnected with the God Who Made the Clouds

Author: Esther Emery

Narrator: Charity Spencer

Unabridged: 6 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 07/26/2022


Synopsis

Esther Emery was a successful playwright and theater director, wife and mother, and loving it all - until, suddenly, she wasn’t. When a personal and professional crisis of spectacular extent leaves her reeling, Esther is left empty, alone in her marriage, and grasping for identity that does not define itself by busyness and a breakneck pace of life. Something had to be done.What Falls from the Sky is Esther’s fiercely honest, piercingly poetic account of a year without Internet - 365 days away from the good, the bad, and the ugly of our digital lives - in one woman’s desperate attempt at a reset. Esther faces her addiction to electronica, her illusion of self-importance, and her longing to return to simpler days, but then the unexpected happens. Her experiment in analog is hijacked by a spiritual awakening, and Esther finds herself suddenly, inexplicably drawn to the faith she had rejected for so long.Ultimately, Esther’s unplugged pilgrimage brings her to a place where she finally finds the peace - and the God who created it - she has been searching for all along.     What Falls from the Sky offers a path for you to do the same. For all the ways the Internet makes you feel enriched and depleted, genuinely connected and wildly insufficient, What Falls from the Sky reveals a new way to look up from your screens and live with palms wide open in a world brimming with the good gifts of God.

About Esther Emery

Esther Emery used to direct stage plays in Southern California. But that was a long time ago. Now she lives with her husband and three children off the grid in a yurt, tending to three acres in the foothills of Idaho’s Rocky Mountains. She writes about faith and trying to live a fearless, free life at www.estheremery.com.  Website: http://www.estheremery.com


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ann on January 07, 2017

Emery really did go completely off-line for a year, and this book is her story. I got very attached to her, and I've been missing her since I finished the book! It has stayed with me and is making me rethink my own computer/phone dependence. There are so many nuances to our technology dependence I h......more

Goodreads review by Pugalicious on December 21, 2016

I loved this book! I started it a few hours before we lost internet, cable and phone service due to a broken modem. After the initial panic of not being able to search the web, call a friend or watch tv I sat down to lose myself in this book. Giving up the internet is something I think of often, I a......more