“I cannot overstate how liberating and transforming I have found Leaving Church to be.” — Frederick Buechner, author of Beyond Words
“This memoir [...] is full of surprises[...] In her renewal is our own.” — Peter J. Gomes, Harvard University
“Taylor describes doubt, faith and vocation, their limits, and how the church both blesses and muddies the waters.” — Nora Gallagher, author of Practicing Resurrection
“A fiercely honest and gracious book about our primary vocation to be human.” — Alan Jones, Dean of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, and author of Reimagining Christianity
“Leaving Church is a canticle of praise to creator and creation.” — Thomas Lynch, author of The Undertaking and Booking Passage
“A finely crafted memoir . . . a rich evocation of her lifelong love affair with God.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Told with insight, humor and compassion.” — The Columbus Post Dispatch
“A beautifully crafted memoir . . . . There is a refreshing honesty . . . a slice of courage in a world that too often refuses to admit its vulnerability. . . . Leaving Church does not bash the church. It is a love story about letting go and learning to live with the mystery of what may happen next.” — San Diego Tribune
“...Taylor at her best, writing about congregational moments with such artistic grace and wit that we see them afresh” — Christian Century
“Even without the collar, Barbara Brown Taylor is one of our most important spiritual writers today.” — ExploreFaith
“I love this book . . . . Her beautiful, absorbing memoir will bless countless readers...” — Lauren Winner, The Dallas Morning News
“Such is the power of Brown Taylor’s prose...and her humanity that this story becomes one of hope.” — Columbus Dispatch
“An Episcopal priest renowned for her eloquent sermons turns her talents to memoir...” — Atlanta Journal Constitution
“Lovely . . . revealing . . . poignant. . . . I found in Taylor’s narrative a companionable voice...” — Garret Keizer in Books & Culture
“A wonderfully gifted Christian writer and speaker.” — Kansas City Star
“This new memoir is among the summer’s best books...” — Detroit Free Press
“Taylor is a better writer than LaMott and a better theologian than Norris. ...she is the best there is.” — Living Church