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Walking Through Fire: A Memoir of Loss and Redemption

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January 19, 2021
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7 hours 29 minutes
Summary
The astonishing, Job-like story of how an existence filled with loss, suffering, questioning, and anger became a life filled with shocking and incomprehensible peace and joy.

Vaneetha Risner contracted polio as an infant, was misdiagnosed, and lived with widespread paralysis. She lived in and out of the hospital for ten years and, after each stay, would return to a life filled with bullying. When she became a Christian, though, she thought things would get easier, and they did: carefree college days, a dream job in Boston, and an MBA from Stanford where she met and married a classmate.

But life unraveled. Again. She had four miscarriages. Her son died because of a doctor's mistake. And Vaneetha was diagnosed with post-polio syndrome, meaning she would likely become a quadriplegic. And then her husband betrayed her and moved out, leaving her to raise two adolescent daughters alone. This was not the abundant life she thought God had promised her. But, as Vaneetha discovered, everything she experienced was designed to draw her closer to Christ as she discovered 'that intimacy with God in suffering can be breathtakingly beautiful.'
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Profile Avatar Nicole B. Sep 2025

It’s sad and gives me hope in the darkest times of my life

Walking Through Fire: A Memoir of Loss and Redemption

Walking Through Fire: A Memoir of Loss and Redemption

Author: Vaneetha Rendall Risner
Read by: Cristen Paige
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