Book Synopsis
I ESCAPED THE TRAP OF LIFE
A Fictional Novel
Author: Pastor Joel Martin
Publisher: Open Heaven Christian Church
Genre: Christian Fiction / Inspirational / Spiritual Growth
Word Count: Approximately 28,000 words
Logline
A sixty-two-year-old man who has given everything to everyone — his wealth, his prayers, his silence — walks away from his entire life and disappears into the Alaskan wilderness, leaving behind a world that never once asked how he was doing, and discovering for the first time what it means to be truly known by God.
Overview
I Escaped the Trap of Life is a deeply moving work of Christian fiction that traces the spiritual journey of Edward James Newman, a man who spent six decades being everything to everyone while slowly disappearing from his own life. Rooted in Scripture and told with rare emotional honesty, this novel is both a cautionary mirror held up to the modern church and a profoundly hopeful story about the God who sees those the world has overlooked.
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