The Girl Who Made A Deal With God: Bhakti House Story

She thought if she became perfect enough, God would bring her brother home.When Nathan Lawson disappears, his sister Cora is desperate for something-anything-she can control.So she makes a deal with God.Sixteen rounds of mantra meditation every day. Four spiritual principles without exception. No coffee. No television. No dating. No secular music. If Cora can become disciplined enough, devoted enough, good enough, perhaps Krishna will bring Nathan home.For 183 days, she keeps the bargain.Then Nathan finally sends a message: CORA. PLEASE DON'T LOOK FOR ME.Nathan is alive-but he isn't coming home.Suddenly Cora must confront a terrifying possibility: maybe devotion was never supposed to be a transaction.At The Bhakti House, a small spiritual community in Jackson, Michigan, Cora begins learning what surrender actually means. With the guidance of a spiritual director, the help of a therapist, an imperfect community of devotees, and the unexpected friendship of Samir-a young man who refuses to become another item on her spiritual checklist-Cora slowly begins separating faith from fear.But letting go of control doesn't mean she stops loving her brother.And surrender doesn't mean the pain disappears.The Girl Who Made a Deal With God is a heartfelt contemporary spiritual novel about family, anxiety, unanswered prayer, romantic vulnerability, bhakti yoga, and the difficult freedom of loving someone without controlling what happens next.Sometimes faith doesn't give us the answer we demanded.Sometimes it teaches us how to live while we're waiting.