Siege of the Soul: Navigating Faith and Parenthood After the Unexpected

By: Sutton, Brianne

The doctor called. Everything went numb. Your mind started spinning while the world stood still. The future you imagined vanished. Now what?

You are confused by how you can love your child so much, but not know how to handle all that changed.Spiritual exhaustion creeps in and nobody warned you.The grief does not have a clear endpoint.Your faith keeps getting tested by the same circumstances that never change.

This is where you live now.
This book is for you, the parent whose story is harder than it looks.

Told through memos inspired by The Screwtape Letters, you'll step inside a realm you cannot see, where your exhaustion is not accidental:

"She is creating a testimony. And testimonies are contagious... One liberated soul is manageable. But a company of them? A small army bound not by shared circumstances but by shared Presence? That makes me shudder "
Drivelbane, Senior Tempter and Patient Specialist

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"Siege of the Soul is a rare companion for anyone walking through the hidden valleys of fear, fatigue, and faith. Brianne writes with a tenderness and honesty that give language to experiences many parents in the special-needs and varying-abilities community feel but struggle to express. Her blend of creative storytelling, theological reflection, and lived experience invites readers not only to feel seen, but also to sense the nearness of the God who holds us in our most disorienting seasons. This is a book I will gladly place in the hands of anyone who needs both empathy and hope."
Scott Sauls, Pastor and Author of Beautiful People Don't Just Happen

Through contemplative storytelling, biblical wisdom, and the raw honesty of lament, you'll find: Permission to grieve what feels lostLanguage for struggles you've never been able to nameCompanionship that doesn't minimize your exhaustion or your situationGrace that's not transactionalHope that's honest-not chipper, not fake, but anchored in what's actually true
Early readers are saying:

"I felt like you could have been a fly on the wall of my own home or my own heart."

"I barely got through the preface without my heart being moved."

"So much comfort, so much tenderness, so much hope."

For readers who loved:

A Grief Observed (Lewis), Walking with God Through Pain and Suffering (Keller), When God Weeps (Eareckson Tada), Desperate for Hope (Risner), and What Grow in Weary Lands (Warren)

This book is not: A 5-step plan to fix your childToxic positivity disguised as faithAdvice from someone who doesn't understandEmpty promises that breakthrough is just around the corner
This book is: A companion who gets the isolation, the grief, and spiritual exhaustionAn invitation to wrestle with God and find ways to experience hopeLiterary, poignant, and deeply grounded in ScriptureFor parents holding on by a thread
Literary. Contemplative. Grounded in Scripture.

Not advice. Not platitudes. Just honest companionship.

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What if the internal suggestions-that you're not strong enough, faithful enough, capable enough-are wrong?

If "I can't do this anymore" has ever left your lips, this book was written for you.

"Whatever suffering you are walking through, you will see yourself in the pages of Siege of the Soul. Reading this book felt like someone was reading my mail. I cannot recommend this book highly enough." Vaneetha Rendall Risner, Author of Watching for the Morning

Your road is long. You don't have to

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GHF6B1GV
• ISBN13: 9798994316900
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Awaiting Eden
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"