Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
2016
Abstract
Excerpt: "Metzger’s journey toward this epiphany is a difficult one, and she does not attempt to mollify readers by avoiding distressing details. This is a definite strength in Between 2 Gods. Rather than offer us a pleasant story of healing and redemption alone, Metzger names the many abuses she experienced at the hands of those who should love and protect her, including family members and church leaders. One point made both implicitly in Between 2 Gods, and explicitly by its publication, is exactly this: that people need to acknowledge their abuses for there to be healing; and that stories about abuse need to be told, even when doing so might implicate presumably Christian people and institutions."
Recommended Citation
Mock, Melanie Springer, "Book Review: Between 2 Gods: Memoir of Abuse in the Mennonite Community" (2016). Faculty Publications - Department of English. 114.
https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/eng_fac/114
Comments
Originally published in Mennonite Life. (Summer 2016), Issue 2016, Vol. 70.
https://ml.bethelks.edu/issue/vol-70/article/review-between-2-gods-memoir-of-abuse-in-the-menno/