Love Warrior
By Glennon Doyle & Glennon Doyle Melton
- Release Date: 2016-09-06
- Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Description
#1 New York Times Bestseller | Oprah's Book Club Selection
"Riveting…a worthy investment…this book has real wisdom."—New York Times Book Review
"Provocative….I adore her honesty, her vulnerability, and her no-nonsense wisdom, and I know you will, too."—Oprah Winfrey
The highly anticipated memoir by bestselling author Glennon Doyle, Love Warrior tells the story of her journey of self-discovery after the implosion of her marriage.
Just when Glennon Doyle Melton was beginning to feel she had it all figured out—three happy children, a doting spouse, and a writing career so successful that her first book catapulted to the top of the New York Times bestseller list—her husband revealed his infidelity and she was forced to realize that nothing was as it seemed. A recovering alcoholic and bulimic, Glennon found that rock bottom was a familiar place. In the midst of crisis, she knew to hold on to what she discovered in recovery: that her deepest pain has always held within it an invitation to a richer life.
Love Warrior is the story of one marriage, but it is also the story of the healing that is possible for any of us when we refuse to settle for good enough and begin to face pain and love head-on. This astonishing memoir reveals how our ideals of masculinity and femininity can make it impossible for a man and a woman to truly know one another—and it captures the beauty that unfolds when one couple commits to unlearning everything they’ve been taught so that they can finally, after thirteen years of marriage, commit to living true—true to themselves and to each other.
Love Warrior is a gorgeous and inspiring account of how we are born to be warriors: strong, powerful, and brave; able to confront the pain and claim the love that exists for us all. This chronicle of a beautiful, brutal journey speaks to anyone who yearns for deeper, truer relationships and a more abundant, authentic life.
Reviews
Love Warrior is a beautiful discovery
5By Lizzie MacKenzie **Love Warrior is a discovery. A discovery on how to live wholly, to love and respect myself as I am. The truth has always been there but I have grown farther away from it as I have gotten older. Glennon, thank you for helping me see this truth once again. Now I am getting closer to myself and unbecoming.Love Warrior?
3By Ann NobleBattling love?in awe
4By itssofiacsuch a good book. touched home in so many ways!THE BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ!
5By ilanitcorReading through every single page of this book brought me closer to a better perspective in life. I kept asking God to give me some thing that can show me what I need to see in my current status of life for better guidance, and Reading this book did that and more. I hope whoever reads this review scrolls right back up and BUYS this, reads it and really use every example and lesson it provides as one of their own. Thank you for writing this. You changed my life.Story of a selfish idiot
1By Sessabee88She is selfish and lazy, only thinks of herself. Hurts others with her actions, makes her own problems. I have no sympathy for her, only hate. It’s well written, but a terrible waste of a time to read.You will see yourself
4By portershtSomewhere, sometimes fully, sometimes just a bit, you will see your coming of age story, your coming into “full”-self story. Soften your eyes as you take the ride to look back her.Wishlist
4By RavenSalanderGreat app. When get we get a “wish list” feature?Heartfelt and REAL!
5By Jdavidson1213Glennon helped me realize that true love has to come from within before you can invite it in.Started out great but......
3By Long legionThe story started well enough, it was well written, interesting, and I was really liking it. About halfway through, it was all I could do to keep from putting it down. It was like another author took over. Boring, redundant, preachy, and self absorbed are the words that come to mind. My three star rating is generousWish I hadn't bought it as an iBook so I could share with EVERYONE
5By tasha007This book is important and relatable, everyone needs to read it. Glennon is so honest and vulnerable in her writing. I read this in less than 8 hours... not because I'm a fast reader (im not at all) but because I couldn't put it down.Love Warrior
5By Mulate3This book was very touching and I would honestly recommend it to my friends.First Review Ever!
5By GemelI get asked to review apps, etc. on the regular. However, this book is by far one of the best, if not the best, that I've ever read. Her candor, vulnerability and self-examination is just amazing. Her opening up about her own struggles and successes helps others reveal their (my) own truths. Whether you're struggling or not, this is a book that every woman should read.Perfectly timed reading
5By Kmess1229This is the kind of book you wish your younger self could have read and yet at the same time you don't know if your younger self would really get it. I am grateful for Glennon's honesty, and for me this is a perfectly timed reading. In my early 40s now, I seem to be having a fresh identity crisis and lots of doubts about who I'm supposed to be against the backdrop of what the world expects. Glennon's fresh words on issues that women have in reconciling with themselves and with others go deep. Through Love Warrior, she takes us to and through a pain that is so familiar and then helps guide us to a new place of true grace, real faith, and a beautiful redefining of womanhood. I needed this book right now. It is asking me to embark on my own Warrior journey. Thank you.Self indulgent drivel
1By pono161/2 way through I could not take it any more. Glendon get over yourself. What a piece of crap.“I just need to know if you can really know me and still love me,”
5By yulieviteThis book shares Glennon's story towards truth and vulnerability. Messy parts and all. If only we could all learn to live and love in such an honest way. Thank you for the encouragement, challenge, and honesty. You have helped me to be not afraid and remember.Love Warriors together yet apart
5By DasPete1I was just asked to read this book on the eve of my 49th Birthday by my mentor therapist and guide-- an angel on this planet. Jessie Rhines in Annapolis, Maryland. I'm a retired military veteran and have been grieving the loss of my fiancé and her 2 daughters for over 11 months. She and I both had issues w our past in love and in pain. As a Hurricane unnamed to me passed on my 49th birthday and as I started listening to 'Love Warrior' I broke out in tears and almost stopped listening for good. I paused-- walked to the tiny beach in my Neighborhood. I asked myself why was I afraid to continue reading as God has always been within me. As a man and suffering the loss of his family - this story has undoubtedly led me to a new fork in my journey as I search for answers from the male perspective. I returned home after 22 years of Actve Duty and Combat experience-- to a small town in Calvert County Maryland. The same conditioning and values I were taught by parents, education, peers and social marketing were all wrong. I was always actually aware something was amiss. I divorced my wife a few years after my Active Duty closed and after meeting my former fiancé. I was smitten by her the fist day I saw her. I'm very sensitive as a man. And since an early age my fight or flight MO was to run. I always believed there was another purpose or plan in my life. I have been always serving that purpose yet I have often let what others think say or do guide me. No more. Today I awoke after the first good nights rest in over a year. Because of your story , and albeit I am not a woman-- I completely related to Craig and in many other ways alsi to Glennon's perspective. I am a little a both of Craig and her combined- nevertheless I have not run, I haven't done everything right but I will give myself credit in having faith, keeping the course and my beloved I lost is Jewish. Her and her family were the first Jewish people I ever knew and not to mention head over heels in love with. I have doubted myself often but on the eve of Yom Kippur this very day. I wrote a true letter of apology from my heart and finally realised I too will never again betray my inner voice. I love her and her daughters-- I knew many months ago how hard it must have not only been on her to leave but the impact on the girls. The youngest has lost the second man she has adored suddenly in her life. I consider myself a good man and like Glennon no doubt whatsoever I bonded w her in a positive light. As for being asked to leave for past experiences in the military my love and respect my former fiancé for being true to herself when I couldn't have only increased twofold. I know now without a doubt the path I choose to stay w Jessie, continue my therapy, learn the meaning of yoga, and attend a church where all are welcome have been Gods plan all along. I love myself as she made me and each path I take now is love despite my pain. At the end there is redemption-- I am not there quite yet but I do believe in myself and have faith to be patient and just do what is right each day as Glennon wrote. I don't know where I will be next year but in love life and pain I am no longer afraid. Thank you for this gift. I was meant to read this and my journey has taken a turn for the best! With gratitude and humble respect I ask God to bless all that have made this audiobook and story possible. Om shanti Namaste ~ DavidSpeaks to my Heart
5By Toni FGMAMTCI can't possibly explain how much I love this book. I was totally unprepared for how much it touched me. I shed several tears. I've not walked the same journey or had some of the same problems as the author, but so much of the process and feeling is universal to whatever issues each of us has. Anyone who has ever struggled with life or felt lacking, this is for you. It's open and nonjudgemental. The author puts all of her shortcomings out there. I found it so refreshing, and I respect her for everything she is. Love Warrior made me want to take better care of myself.LOVE it
5By Laptop FamilyBy sharing her Truth with us, G. helps us find our own Truth and helps us begin again with a new resolve to write a better story for our future. At least that's how life-changing and so incredibly perfect this book was for me at this time in my life. LOVE it.Interesting
3By LuckeegurlIt was interesting to be able to dive into someone else's mindset. Her wiring is completely opposite from mine. But I took away from it that we need to nurture ourselves. Thank you.

