The Last Word Is Love: A Testament of Apology

By Harper Hartwell

What if God said sorry?

The Last Word Is Love is a confessional poetry collection unlike anything you've read before - a series of poetic monologues from the mouths of God, angels, prophets, sinners, and the silenced. It's a holy reckoning and a heartfelt apology. Written with burning honesty and aching beauty, this book asks: what if the divine got it wrong?

And what if love - not wrath - was the final word? If you've ever wrestled with faith, with the trauma of religion, with the silence of heaven or the horrors of the world - this book is for you.

Through haunting confessions, broken prayers, and furious psalms, The Last Word Is Love speaks to survivors of spiritual abuse, queer kids raised in churches that never saw them, and anyone still trying to believe in something sacred after everything.

You should read this if:

You've felt abandoned by God or religion.

You crave something raw, lyrical, and spiritually defiant.

You want a book that breaks your heart and then leaves the light on.

This is a book of reckoning. Of tenderness. Of rage and resurrection. It's not theology - it's testimony. And it dares to end with love.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1764192508
• ISBN13: 9781764192507
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Vivid Reveries Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"