Where the Light Fell

A Memoir by Philip Yancey

Pub Date: 5 Oct., 2021

I read Where the Light Fell in a few sittings and looked forward to reading it again whenever I had to put it down. Having known the author's writing for many years now and having bought many of his books for the church library, I knew that this would be a very well written memoir and I was not wrong. 

You do get some glimpses of humour but the story is often depressing and sometimes even difficult to read. After having finished the book, I found myself wishing that we could have more things seen from the mother's point of view. If I were in her shoes, would I have done any better? Why was she the way she was? As for the church that Yancey went as a young boy and where his mother served, you certainly hope that the churches of today preach more about God's love and salvation instead of hell and eternal damnation week after week.

I did wish that he included more about his adult life here though he may have covered it in his other books,  I couldn't help but be glad and encouraged that grace still found him inspite of his difficult childhood.

All in all, a memoir worth reading especially if you are familiar with his other books.