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Nevertheless: Essays on Divorce, Single Parenting & Hope
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312 pages, Hardcover
Published January 28, 2025
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February 20, 2025
This book is amazing. Keigley has an incredible way with words. I've been reading her essays online for years and years, and I'm thrilled to have a print copy of her first book in my hands.
February 23, 2025
Lacey is a gifted writer and a wise woman. When I read her writing, I simultaneously admire her writing style and her insightful way of describing the world, and I also admire her as a person--I want to be more like her and see the world with eyes like hers.
If you've been through a divorce and single parenting, you will devour this book. If you haven't, you will probably still devour this book, and you'll understand your friends who are in seasons of loss a little bit better. This is not a how-to book or even a narrative of Lacey's experience. It's mostly a series of essays of lament over the various facets of her life that were affected by infidelity, abandonment, and divorce. Throughout the book Lacey's essays model a sure and steady hope in God and the blessing of true community in times of suffering.
No matter what season of life you're in, you'll be challenged through this book to have more faith and hope through times of suffering and to love, cherish, and take care of the people who are in your corner. Highly recommend.
If you've been through a divorce and single parenting, you will devour this book. If you haven't, you will probably still devour this book, and you'll understand your friends who are in seasons of loss a little bit better. This is not a how-to book or even a narrative of Lacey's experience. It's mostly a series of essays of lament over the various facets of her life that were affected by infidelity, abandonment, and divorce. Throughout the book Lacey's essays model a sure and steady hope in God and the blessing of true community in times of suffering.
No matter what season of life you're in, you'll be challenged through this book to have more faith and hope through times of suffering and to love, cherish, and take care of the people who are in your corner. Highly recommend.
March 30, 2025
My story is very different, yet my goodness, this book is relatable in all the ways that make human existence the same. Pain, heartbreak, parenting, HOPE. I loved her words and how they made me catch my breath, pause, re-read. Will be gifting this to dear friends. And will be seeing new & better ways to support my separated & divorced friends as well. Thank you Lacey, for sharing so many vulnerable parts of your story. 🤍
February 21, 2025
Lacey laid her heart out in the most beautiful way! I laughed, I cried, and I giggled a few times. A truly extraordinary woman! ♥️
March 18, 2025
Disclosure: the author is a friend of mine, first from high school and later as a coworker. A wonderful coworker who has taught me a lot about living out my faith in actions, not just words.
Full disclosure: As of this July, I will have been married for 32 years. I don't know the pain of divorce.
That said, so much of what Lacey shares in this book can apply to many painful situations. We're all going to have them at some point; there is always a day before and then a day after, when our lives are never going to be the same and we will have to figure out how to move forward as an entirely different person. Or we will have to be a true friend to someone else who's going through their own hell at the moment.
Don't read this book if you're looking for Ten Steps to Get Your Life Back Together After ________. Is there some advice? Yes, but offered only as just that: advice from someone who's been there, not as a slam dunk. This book is not a how-to; it's a conversation about pain and hope and learning to be grateful for large blessings disguised as small ones. Sometimes it's funny, sometimes it's heartbreaking, and at least for me, in some spots it's convicting. Lacey is vulnerable without wallowing in self-pity, honest without being brutal, and positive without being blithe.
Full disclosure: As of this July, I will have been married for 32 years. I don't know the pain of divorce.
That said, so much of what Lacey shares in this book can apply to many painful situations. We're all going to have them at some point; there is always a day before and then a day after, when our lives are never going to be the same and we will have to figure out how to move forward as an entirely different person. Or we will have to be a true friend to someone else who's going through their own hell at the moment.
Don't read this book if you're looking for Ten Steps to Get Your Life Back Together After ________. Is there some advice? Yes, but offered only as just that: advice from someone who's been there, not as a slam dunk. This book is not a how-to; it's a conversation about pain and hope and learning to be grateful for large blessings disguised as small ones. Sometimes it's funny, sometimes it's heartbreaking, and at least for me, in some spots it's convicting. Lacey is vulnerable without wallowing in self-pity, honest without being brutal, and positive without being blithe.
March 7, 2025
A brutally honest depiction of single parenting. I’m not divorced but widowed with two teens. The loneliness you feel trying to make decisions, handle big problems and keep your house operating when you didn’t ask to do it as a single parent really resonated with me. Great book!
February 20, 2025
Lacey is so creative! I loved this read. She is funny and relatable even as someone who hasn’t been divorced. Can’t wait for another book!
May 3, 2025
Though my story is different, I could still connect to much of her emotional journey. Definitely appreciated the good truth presented in a relatable way! Plus I laughed a great deal which is always a pleasure. 😊
July 19, 2025
We need more Laceys in this world!
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