{"product_id":"swinging-on-the-garden-gate-a-memoir-of-bisexuality-and-spirit-second-edition-paperback","title":"Swinging on the Garden Gate: A Memoir of Bisexuality and Spirit, Second Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Jarrett Andrew\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKaren Oliveto\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning memoir of coming of age and coming out bisexual by award-winning writer and teacher Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery story begins with a word. As a young woman, Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew carried a word within her so potent that it spread through her every artery and vein. She carried it in secret until she was shown a different way and the word inside her turned restless and eager.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSwinging on the Garden Gate: A Memoir of Bisexuality and Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e describes a period of time in award-winning writer and teacher Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew's life when she came to know bisexuality as an embodied manifestation of divinity. Andrew not only reconciles her United Methodist faith with her sexuality but realizes that her body is holy, her sexuality is holy, and the word she carried within her has always been holy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe spark of spirit Andrew identifies in her body she also finds throughout the solid matter of life--in childhood, nature, creativity, loss, death, and especially the coming out process. Andrew brings a distinctly queer feminist lens to Christian teachings and answers the question innumerable young people have posed to her over the years: \"Is it possible to be both queer and spiritual?\" The act of bringing hidden, personal truths to light is transformative, and for Andrew, a universal calling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis second edition includes a new note from Andrew as she looks back on its twenty-year history and a foreword by Bishop Karen Oliveto, the first openly lesbian bishop to be elected in the United Methodist Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Jarrett Andrew\u003c\/b\u003e teaches creative writing at Wisdom Ways Center for Spirituality in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is the author of the novel, \u003ci\u003eHannah, Delivered\u003c\/i\u003e; the essay collection \u003ci\u003eOn the Threshold: Home, Hardwood, and Holiness\u003c\/i\u003e, and two books for writers: \u003ci\u003eWriting the Sacred Journey: The Art and Practice of Spiritual Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLiving Revision: A Writer's Craft as Spiritual Practice\u003c\/i\u003e, which received a Nautilus Award in 2018. She is also a recipient of two Minneapolis State Arts Board artist's fellowships, the Loft Career Initiative Grant, and a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award. She delights in her partner, daughter, and garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766888530208,"sku":"9781558968783","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f576960fffe12f9376dea04ea99b44b4.webp?v=1780300638","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/swinging-on-the-garden-gate-a-memoir-of-bisexuality-and-spirit-second-edition-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}