Recovering from abuse in the church or disillusionment in faith can feel like an identity crisis.

• Who am I?
• Who do I believe God is?
• Is there still space for me in the church?

Aimee Byrd finds this experience best described in the metaphor of finding one's face. The author of Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood has often asked hard questions of the church. In Saving Face, she develops her reflections still further, daring to wonder: what if the crises in the church today are not because we don't have the right doctrine, but because we have lost sight of something much deeper? What does it look like to drop our "good Christian" personas?

Perhaps we should be seeking the presence of Christ in our own reflections just as we look for him in the faces of the others.

Pre-order now and get bonus content

Order Saving Face from any retailer before April 8 and receive bonus content including:

• An excerpt to start reading while you wait for release day
• Access to an exclusive reading group led by Aimee (Kicks off the week of April 14)
• The second chapter of the audiobook, read by Aimee (Available on release day, April 8)

What People are Saying about Saving Face:

"In this beautiful work, Byrd gets vulnerable, reminding us that we can never truly know God until we can face the truth about ourselves."

—SHEILA WRAY GREGOIRE, coauthor of The Great Sex Rescue

"This brilliant, compelling, and transformative book is a vision of what it will be like to be fully captured by the face of God."

—DAN B. ALLENDER, The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology

"Aimee’s beautiful and personal new book Saving Face is a profound gift that will invite you into this holy wrestling as well."

—CHUCK DE GROAT, professor and author of When Narcissism Goes to Church

"It takes a special kind of courage to face ourselves and see what truly is instead of what we’ve pretended to be or had to be or others believe us to be. Aimee Byrd has that courage, and Saving Face is the result of this deeply personal and spiritual work."

—LORE FERGUSON WILBERT, author of The Understory, A Curious Faith, and more

"This book is for anyone who needs a reminder that God’s realness is the only anchor strong enough to help us face our regrets, tell our secrets, and find the courage to live honestly again."

—MICHELLE REYES, professor and author of the award-winning book Becoming All Things

"What a gift this book is to those who have been hurt in and by the church, those who long for a place to be seen and known."

—CHRIS DAVIS, Pastor and author of Bright Hope for Tomorrow