The Fog of Faith

Surviving My Impotent God

By: Dr. Leona Stucky

Narrated by: Laurie Bower

Leona is cast into bewildering disgrace and poverty with a baby, a violent husband, and shattered faith. She hacks through the bones of her Mennonite naiveté to confront harsh realities. This riveting and morally unflinching memoir, recommended by Ms. Magazine, delivers intense suspense, humor, and unusual wisdom.

©2017 Leona Stucky-Abbott (P)2018 Leona Stucky-Abbott

Listening to Survivor Stories

For a while now, women have been encouraging me to read survivor stories. I am so happy that I read this one because there is so much depth to this well-told story of Leona's life.

It's a reminder to us that even in good families and good religions, horrendous things can happen that dramatically alter our life's direction and complicate a life that could have been much easier to navigate.

Although she emerges victorious from her story, we are still left to ponder and consider that in some cases it was the very good family and her decent religion that caused her not to be able to escape from the tragedy and the madman that haunted her.

There's so much in this survivor story than a longed for it to be turned into a movie. but just like the women who encourage me to read survivor stories, this survivor helped me understand how they feel.

Compelling and Heart-wrenching

This book was particularly touching since i grew up in a near-by Mennonite community and went to a neighboring Mennonite church. I knew Leona as we were class-mates in high school and attended the same summer bible school programs. I could identify with much of what she struggled with regarding the Mennonite faith, and was also riddled with guilt for not knowing how much she was dealing with and what she had to keep hidden from her social circles. Dr Stucky has an eloquent way of sharing the depth of what it is like to live, breathe and marinate in such a deeply entrenched religious culture and what it feels like when it fails you. Her story depicts the amazing courage she must have to endure the abuse and violence and isolation and come out as this powerful woman, healer, counselor and advocate. I guarantee you will not want to stop listening to it till the end.