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    Undivided: Coming Out, Becoming Whole, and Living Free From Shame
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    Undivided: Coming Out, Becoming Whole, and Living Free From Shame

    By Vicky Beeching

    Narrated by Billie Fulford-Brown

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    Vicky Beeching, called "arguably the most influential Christian of her generation" in The Guardian, began writing songs for the church in her teens. By the time she reached her early thirties, Vicky was a household name in churches on both sides of the pond.

    Recording multiple albums and singing in America's largest megachurches, her music was used weekly around the globe and translated into numerous languages.

    But this poster girl for evangelical Christianity lived with a debilitating inner battle: she was gay. The tens of thousands of traditional Christians she sang in front of were unanimous in their view – they staunchly opposed same-sex relationships and saw homosexuality as a grievous sin. Vicky knew if she ever spoke up about her identity it would cost her everything.
    Faced with a major health crisis, at the age of thirty-five she decided to tell the world that she was gay. As a result, all hell broke loose. She lost her music career and livelihood, faced threats and vitriol from traditionalists, developed further health issues from the immense stress, and had to rebuild her life almost from scratch.

    But despite losing so much she gained far more: she was finally able to live from a place of wholeness, vulnerability, and authenticity. She finally found peace. What's more, Vicky became a champion for others, fighting for LGBT equality in the church and in the corporate sector. Her courageous work is creating change in the US and the UK, as she urges people to celebrate diversity, live authentically, and become "undivided".

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
    Release dateJul 19, 2018
    ISBN9780008182175
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    Vicky Beeching

    Vicky Beeching is a writer, keynote speaker, and equality campaigner. Formerly, she worked as a Christian recording artist, writing and performing religious music for two decades. With a background in theology from Oxford University and a PhD under way, Beeching approaches faith both academically and personally. She often appears on BBC News, Sky News, and BBC Radio as a commentator, and writes for national newspapers. Beeching has won awards for her equality campaigning work in the church and in the corporate sector and is a vocal advocate for mental health awareness. She lives in London.

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    • 4/5
      This is a lovely story about 15-year-old, Rowan, who is trying to hold her family together after the death of her older brother, Jack, in a drowning accident. Her father has left the family home and her mother is suffering from a severe nervous breakdown so it left to Rowan to take care of the house, her mother and her little sister, Stroma. However, Rowan's life becomes even more complicated when a teenage boy hands her a negative claiming that she dropped it while in the checkout queue of the grocery store.This book deals with personal identity, bereavement, friendship and the difficulties of growing up. Rowan is a very engaging, likeable character who is struggling to survive. She is stubborn, introspective, brutally honest with herself and lonely. Although quite sad in parts, the book doesn't wallow in gloom and the thread of mystery throughout the story adds to a satisfying plot with an unexpected twist at the end. A worthwhile read.
    • 4/5
      One of the most exciting voices in young adult fiction, Jenny Valentine succeeds again with this story of a family coping with the death of a child.
    • 4/5
      Rowan is holding the family together, after the death of her brother Jack. Problem is, it's been several years since Jack's passing. Her mother is beyond help at this point and doesn't even realize Rowan and her sister, Stroma are there half the time. While in the store on day, a boy gives Rowan a photo negative. It's not hers and the small piece of film is the first piece of a mystery that leads everyone to some amazing, life altering truths. What will happen with the boy, Harper who gave Rowan the negative too? As everyone holds on to their pieces of Jack, yet tries to get on with life, while not completely losing him. I loved this book. Rowan was a strong character with a terrific voice. I also loved the fact that it's set in London so I get little pieces of the British slang. I guess I should say, "I love this book to bits!"
    • 4/5
      This was one of the more touching YA books I've read. No wonder that it received awards and great reviews.Occasionally, I felt that the style of writing was a bit too distracting, pulling one's attention away from the story to the more stylistic, verbal elements, instead of emphasizing the plot, the characters and the message.The characters in the book are all very memorable. Particularly Rowan with her big heart, tolerance, acceptance and understanding for everything and everyone. She's a much better person than I am and I wished, many times throughout the book, that I could be a bit more like her.Reading this story will leave a mark.
    • 5/5
      This was a good case of "never judge a book by its cover". I bypassed this one for a while because the cover just looked too teenage (I'm an adult who just happens to still read a lot of children's/YA fiction). And yet when I did get round to it, I found it completely absorbing. One of those can't-put-it-down books. And I absolutely hadn't guessed the twist at the end!
    • 3/5
      First I should say that I did like the characters and cared about them. That being said, I didn't like much else. The plot varied between being unbelievable (coincidences, etc.) to being way too predictable. Also, the formatting of the dialogue was annoying. I guess I've just read so many books like this that this one doesn't stand out in any way for me, other than the fact they're in London rather than in the US.
    • 5/5
      The comments and reviews below are odd. They appear to be about another book, a work of fiction. They do not relate to this book “Coming Out” by Vicky Beeching
    • 4/5
      I wasn't sure how many stars to give this. I can't imagine a better memoir about being a secretly gay Evangelical Christian music star wrestling honestly with your sexuality and your faith in God. It's trying to be many things to many people - there is an air of 'I need to explain Evangelical Christianity to my queer audience', sitting strangely with 'I need to explain why it is OK to be queer to my Christian audience' with odd extra dollops of explaining like 'Americans won't understand Oxford' (I loved the 'Oxford colleges, err, they're like a hall of residence'.) And like all real life stories it doesn't come neatly tied up with a bow or a happy ever after. But it's very honest, and very interesting, and if it didn't tell me anything new, it feels like it is a book that will remain long after the world has moved on, with a 'this is how we used to treat gay people and the way the world used to be.'