Act Normal: Memoir of a Stumbling Block - Softcover

Burmeister, Kristy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0999570005 ISBN 13: 9780999570005

Publisher: Flipped Mitten Press, 2018

Synopsis

Eighteen-year-old Kristy has a stalker who sits three pews behind her every Sunday morning

She expects her beloved church family to rally around her, but her fundamentalist church council is dismissive.

As her stalker’s erratic behavior escalates toward a promised Old Testament-style execution, and church members continue to shelter him while promoting purity culture, she must make a choice: submit to the point of being murdered or leave everything behind to build a new life—and faith—from scratch.

Early Praise:

"Not merely a thriller about being stalked, Act Normal raises important questions on the church, feminine sexuality - and most challengingly, how to be a peacemaker in a violent world when it comes at great cost."
—Tanya Marlow, author of Those Who Wait: Finding God In Disappointment, Doubt, And Delay

"It is, all at the same time, disturbing and delightful, frightening and funny, horrifying and hilarious. It is a book that unmasks the 'norms' of typical American Evangelical Christian 'churchhood,' and calls us to be aware of the dangers which lie beneath the calm surface of our established religious routines and habits."
—Kenneth N. Myers, author of Salvation (And How We Got It Wrong) and Look At Us: What Life, Love, & Loss Taught Me About Romance

About this title

About the Author:

Kristy Burmeister is a former pastor’s kid, former southerner, and current inhabitant of the northern woods. When she’s not writing, she’s either obsessively researching her family tree or “accidentally” showing up at your house, just as you’re about to serve dinner.

About this edition

• Publisher: Flipped Mitten Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0999570005
• ISBN 13: 9780999570005
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 326