The Bookroom Remembrance and Forgiveness : a Memoir

"When we grow up Christian, it is always in a small place. At first, we don't even know it is a small place. It's just our place, and it feels like home. We launch out from this small place, and we discover that the Christian way is longer and richer than we ever dreamed. But such a journey can be perilous, as Leonard Allen's story shows. His story begins at age eight in his father's small bookroom-and with an emerging set of questions about the faith he inherited. The search for answers leads him to tough places-eventually to a long season in the desert. Then into a season of creative work he had not imagined. And to some surprising gifts. Readers will smile, probably laugh, and feel some of the grief along the way. And they will get glimpses into the rich texture of our lives-the place of memory, the influence of tradition, the desert experiences, the need for forgiveness, the gifts along the way"--