
When Esther Maria Magnis's father got cancer, she prayed desperately. Then he died. She was done with God, and every religious clich?.Doubt about God's goodness in the face of grief is natural. With or Without Me is one woman's unsparing and eloquent...

With or Without Me is an unsparing and eloquent critique of religion. Yet Esther Maria Magnis's ire is merely the beginning of an exceptional journey toward belief and God--a journey punctuated by personal losses retold with intense immediacy. "Maybe God is a sadist,"...