When the Heart Waits

The bestselling author’s inspiring autobiographical account of personal pain, spiritual awakening, and divine grace.

“Inspiring. Sue Monk Kidd is a direct literary descendant of Carson McCullers.”—Baltimore Sun

“Grounded in personal experience and bolstered with classic spiritual disciplines and Scripture, this book offers an alternative to fast-fix spirituality.”—Bookstore Journal

Blending her own experiences with an intimate grasp of spirituality, Sue Monk Kidd relates the passionate and moving tale of her spiritual crisis, when life seemed to have lost meaning and her longing for a hasty escape from the pain yielded to a discipline of “active waiting.” Full of wisdom, poise, and grace, Kidd’s foundational spiritual words will encourage us along our own spiritual journey, toward becoming who we truly are.

This classic spiritual memoir offers a timeless map for navigating the dark woods of the soul. It is a guide to the slow, sacred work of becoming.

• A Midlife Transformation: Move from a crisis of meaning to a profound personal and spiritual renewal by embracing the discipline of “active waiting”.
• Feminine Spirituality: A courageous exploration of what it means to be a woman within traditional faith, and the journey to reclaim the Sacred Feminine.
• From the Author of The Secret Life of Bees: Discover the foundational memoir that planted the seeds for the themes of feminine searching and empowerment found in her beloved novels.
• A Path to Your True Self: Join the author on a deeply personal quest to shed false identities, confront the unlived parts of your life, and come home to who you were created to be.