About the Book

Book: White Stick

Author: Jacqueline Middler

Genre: Memoir

Release Date: May 13, 2020

When a positive pregnancy test upends her carefree coed life, Jacqueline Marie decides to end the life of her unborn child. That abortion and the one that followed not only destroyed two lives but also wrecked Jacqueline’s soul.

Unprepared for the emotional wounds abortion inflicts, Jacqueline turns to drugs and alcohol to mask her pain, but nothing she does assuages her deep-seated guilt. When staying with relatives in Florida—intended to give her a fresh start—she hears the gospel message, and while reading the creation story and promises of God, she encounters a God who loves her despite her choices.

As she experiences God’s grace and forgiveness, Jacqueline is able to finally forgive herself. Now a doula and a voice for the unborn, she shares her story to help other women who have had abortions know that healing and redemption are possible through Jesus.

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My Thoughts:

White Stick is a heart wrenching look at one woman's journey through the choices she made, the choices that would wound her and scar her and she would have to live with them. Yet she was pursued by the love of her heavenly Father, and He did not give up on her.

This was a difficult read to get through. The agonizing choices that the author made broke my heart. I am sorry that it did not seem that there was anyone around to lead her on the right path. Especially when she was looking for guidance. I also completely understood her need to please everyone, and how that never worked out either.

I am glad the author wrote about her experience with women's choice and the whole it is my body. This book as the author states is not political. She just gives you the story of what it is like after the choice is made.

But there is always hope with God. He loves and pursues and forgives like nobody else. Thank God he rescues us out of the miry pit and sets our feet on solid ground. (Psalm 40:2)

I received a copy of this novel from the author. I was not required to post a positive review and all views and opinions are my own. Thank you for sharing your journey.

About the Author

An avid reader and devoted mother of three, Jacqueline Marie gives voice to the women who have had abortions and live with the regret and shame of that decision. White Stick is her debut work, birthed from the years-long journey to healing and redemption and her desire open the eyes of the world to the harm this choice brings to women. She has a degree from Johnson & Wales in marketing, with concentrations in English and psychology.

More from Jacqueline

White Stick was written in hopes of freeing women from the bondage of shame and guilt that comes with the choice of Abortion. This book’s purpose is to shed light on the after effects of what this choice does to a women’s soul and life. This choice is not the quick decision or the “easier choice” that the media portrays but can effect every one of your choices after for the rest of your life. Only Gods love and Jesus’s grace can free you. I was a Christian many years before I was able to forgive myself. Until you forgive yourself it is hard to walk in the plans God has for you. You the reader are able to walk with me through my abortion to redemption. This is a raw honest look at the devastation this choice brings.