Pilgrim Interrupted by Susan Cushman

Pilgrim Interrupted by Susan Cushman

Pilgrim Interrupted is a collection of 35 essays, 3 poems, and 5 excerpts from Susan's novels and short stories. Coming of age during the turbulent 1960s in Jackson, Mississippi; marrying young and adopting three children; leaving the Presbyterian Church of her childhood for the Eastern Orthodox Christian faith in 1987; Susan finally began to chronicle her journey in the early 2000s.

“In this powerful collection, Susan Cushman pulls back the curtain on her most intimate thoughts as she grapples with what it means to be human. From spirituality to trauma, from southern culture to racism, from identity to self-worth, from love to loss. She offers readers an opportunity to see the world through her lens, delivering an authentic, soulshaping body of work.”—Julie Cantrell, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author

Much of Susan’s writing is infused with elements of her own life, including the very mystical spirituality of her Orthodox Christian faith and the personal demons she has been chasing since childhood. Her essays, short stories, memoir, and novels all reflect what she has learned through many dark nights of the soul, but also contain elements of hope and healing and honor her Southern roots.