Robin's Reviews > Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York

I wanted so badly to read about someone grappling with the double-sidedness of being part of liberal/intellectual/urban communities while also holding onto their faith/belief/Christianity. This was not that book. The places where she talks about her faith felt so glib to me, like pat Sunday school answers of the "everything happens for a reason" genre. If I had read the book as a marriage/parenting memoir I might have been perfectly happy with it, but the premise left me wanting more nuance and exploration of those identities. To be fair, it was quite funny!