About the Author

Everything I write comes from a deeply personal place. My novels and blogs are meant to encourage women who have walked through real struggles—divorce, addiction, abuse, church hurt, grief, and trauma. While I don’t shy away from heavy themes, I also write with an eye toward humor, joy, and gratitude. My stories explore how strength can be found in faith and community, and how love—even imperfect love—can grow in the midst of brokenness.

If you’ve walked through loss or are navigating a season of healing, I hope my words remind you that you are not alone, and that beauty and belonging can be found even in the hardest places.

Debby Handman is a former minister (M.Div), educator, and single mother writing from the crossroads of faith and survival in rural Oregon. She is the author of the novels House on Sand and The Gambler’s Wife, with a third, House of Broken Vessels, forthcoming. She writes about survival in the ruins in her weekly Substack, No Pretty Bow.