Michal Ann Mcarthur

Choking on a Camel Michal Ann Mcarthur

Publisher Marketing: New release. Literary novel. Religious fiction. A Christian woman faces a crisis when she can't make sense of her world given the tenets of her faith. "A moving, dynamic debut." --"Kirkus Reviews" Choking on a Camel is the story of Alex Ferguson's battle with her religion. Alex has a saint's heart and a skeptic's brain. She strives to nail down the truth, but it's like trying to nail down the wind. She's told to believe by faith, but her mind rebels against accepting anything by faith. When her atheist brother is killed in an accident, she's slammed by the horror of what her religion actually teaches: God ordained the accident and sent her beloved brother to hell. She's overwhelmed by questions. What kind of God would do this? Is He in control of everything that happens, even evil and war and accidents? How can she know the truth? Determined to find answers, she returns for her senior year at a Christian fundamentalist university, under such intense pressure she can barely breathe. Underneath her cloak of sweet conformity rages grief, anger, and doubt. She's wrestling with the God she wants to love but maybe hates and definitely doesn't understand. As she fights for understanding, temptation strikes where she's most needy and vulnerable.