https://quarternotecoda.com/tags/book-review/Recent content in Book-Review on BridgeHugo -- 0.160.1en-usMon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://quarternotecoda.com/posts/2026-06-15-awake-by-jen-hatmaker/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://quarternotecoda.com/posts/2026-06-15-awake-by-jen-hatmaker/<p>I listened to the audiobook of Jen Hatmaker&rsquo;s <a href="https://search.brave.com/a/redirect?click_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FAwake-Memoir-Jen-Hatmaker%2Fdp%2F166808368X%3Ftag%3Dustxtaddt-20&amp;placement_id=0aff9303-f726-448a-a151-34da16932e82&amp;creative_instance_id=30c2a9a4-3d0c-4740-9f85-4fff1b516e3e&amp;timestamp=1781528582&amp;c_idx=-1&amp;ad_type_display=simple&amp;ad_display_context=search&amp;nonce=871d65742d69f1ee79fe9aef92267433&amp;sig=c734db8c30060024a1bcc32d5249157cf5ffe008db0e0d66e1db720e5e9ee56c">Awake</a> yesterday and I was struck by how raw and honest it was. Mostly it seems to be about the systems she had to tear down that she now sees as harmful (mostly). Systems in the church. Systems against gay people. Systems of patriarchy. Systems in her marriage. All of it. And it seems like after about 2 years, she&rsquo;d overcome this traumatic thing and rebuilt her life with a lovely, tidy little bow.</p>