{"product_id":"then-came-joy-by-jodi-cowles","title":"Then Came Joy by Jodi Cowles","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome stories are hard to put down even when you already know how they end.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr type=\"_moz\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJodi Cowles grew up acquainted with grief — and with a faith full of contradictions she wasn't allowed to question. She found her escape in purpose: documenting the work of global organizations serving the world's most marginalized people, pouring herself into others' suffering so she wouldn't have to look at her own.\u003cbr type=\"_moz\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt almost worked.\u003cbr type=\"_moz\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross dangerous assignments in forgotten corners of the world, the walls she'd built around her heart begin to crack — and everything she'd locked away comes flooding back. What follows is a reckoning: with her past, with her faith, with her own capacity to love and be loved.\u003cbr type=\"_moz\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd then, in a foreign country tangled in corruption and heartbreak and bureaucratic chaos, comes Joy.\u003cbr type=\"_moz\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThen Came Joy\u003c\/em\u003e is a memoir of a life lived at full intensity — layered, funny, and at times almost unbearably tense. For anyone who has ever held faith and doubt in the same hand, or loved someone in circumstances stacked against them, this is your story too.\u003cbr type=\"_moz\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Hat Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Single Book Copy","offer_id":47605162737900,"sku":"Then-Cowles-Two","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0738\/7653\/7580\/files\/thencamejoyfrontcover.png?v=1778123474","url":"https:\/\/bluehatpublishing.com\/products\/then-came-joy-by-jodi-cowles","provider":"Blue Hat Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}