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A profoundly personal, deeply felt exploration of the mystery of faith-having it, losing it, hoping for its return. ""Lax has written a steady, quiet love letter to a faith he has lost.... Sympathetic and engrossing."" -The New York Times Book Review The son of an Episcopal priest, Eric Lax develops in his youth a deep religious attachment and an acute moral compass-one that he is willing to go to prison for when it leads him to resist military service in Vietnam. His faith abides until, in his mid-thirties, he begins to question the unquestionable- the role of God in his life. In response, Lax engages with the father who inspired him and with his best friend, a Vietnam War hero turned priest. Their ongoing and illuminating dialogues, full of wisdom and insight, reveal much about three men who approach God, duty, and war in vastly different ways. Lax provides an unusual and refreshing perspective, examining religious conviction sympathetically from both sides as one who has lost his faith but still respects it.

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<p> An intelligent, elegantly composed and open-hearted memoir. . . . Valuable, even instructive. . . . [Lax] is a writer of gentle precision and clarity. -- Los Angeles Times <br> <br> Lax has written a steady, quiet love letter to a faith he has lost. . . . Sympathetic and engrossing. -- The New York Times Book Review <br> A poignant, sensitive and thoughtful memoir that illuminates the complexity of the phenomenon that we call faith. --Karen Armstrong, author of The Case for God <br> Candid and heartful. . . . Faith, Interrupted resonates because Lax confronts questions common to believers everywhere, and he does it without pomposity, self-righteousness, or condescension. -- America <br> A gentle, rueful book . . . Lax's polished writing style and lack of assurance that he has all the answers are . . . definite pluses. -- The Christian Science Monitor <br> Heartfelt. . . . An honest and affecting memoir. -- Boston Globe <br> Lax is a good storyt

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ERIC LAX is the author of Conversations with Woody Allen; Life and Death on 10 West (A New York Times Notable Book of the Year); The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat (A Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2004); and co-author, with A. M. Sperber, of Bogart (nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Biography). His biography Woody Allen was a New York Times and international best seller and a Notable Book of the Year. His books have been translated into eighteen languages, and his writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, Esquire, and The New York Times Magazine. An officer of PEN International, he lives with his wife in Los Angeles.

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