In the Sensible Shoes series, bestselling author Sharon Garlough Brown invites you to join in the journeys of Hannah, Meg, Mara and Charissa as they—and you—gain a new understanding of friendship, spiritual truths, and a deeper life with God.

In Sensible Shoes, you will meet these four women as they reluctantly arrive at a retreat center and embark together on a journey of spiritual formation. They find themselves drawn out of their separate stories of isolation and struggle and into a collective journey of spiritual practice, mutual support and personal revelation:

• Hannah, a pastor who doesn't realize how exhausted she is
• Meg, a widow and recent empty-nester who is haunted by her past
• Mara, a woman who has experienced a lifetime of rejection and is now trying to navigate a difficult marriage
• Charissa, a hard-working graduate student who wants to get things right

Continue the journey as the women face roadblocks in the second book, Two Steps Forward, and in the third book, Barefoot, as they are challenged to embrace the joy of complete surrender. In the final book, An Extra Mile, the women navigate both deep joy and devastating loss. Can they find equilibrium in the midst of all that has changed?

Find your own spiritual journey reflected in the lives of these women and discover the way forward as you walk the path with them.

Praise for Books in the Series

"If you're a spiritually inclined person, I think you'll really love it. It's about four women, every one of them coming from a different place spiritually. But all of them in need of a fresh cup of mercy... So it's terrific. I highly recommend it."

—Kathie Lee Gifford, NBC's Today

"For me, these women have become sacred companions on my own journey. I learned and pondered things with them like: What are you afraid of? Where do you want control? What agitates you? Learn to linger with what provokes you. What is God stirring in your soul? It is as though you enter into spiritual direction yourself, and it's life transforming! My own heart has been enlarged for more of Jesus as a result of Two Steps Forward!"

—Marilyn Hontz, speaker, author of Listening for God and Shame Lifter

"Rarely have novels impacted my life as much as Sharon Garlough Brown's Sensible Shoes series. From the first page of Sensible Shoes to the last one of An Extra Mile, God has whispered life and love and hope to my soul even as I was swept along by a story I couldn't put down. ... God has used this series to change my life, moving me ever nearer to the heart of Christ."

—Elizabeth Musser, author of The Long Highway Home

"Deep, genuine friendships are rare. Christian covenantal friendships—in which you hold one another accountable to doing good, not just to refraining from evil—are even rarer. Brown gives us four women who embark on such a journey together, weathering grief, loss, joy, and victories. Through tracing a year of their lives, Brown draws her characters—and her readers—closer to Jesus, one intentional step at a time."

—Sarah Arthur, author, speaker, preliminary fiction judge for the CT Book Awards