It's the summer of 1999. Eighteen-year-old Kristy is enjoying the last few weeks of summer with her friends. She makes a habit of ignoring Ray, a middle-aged man from her church who has been following her around, until the night he breaks into her bedroom. Act Normal is a raw and honest journey through the emotional and spiritual aftermath of religious trauma. Praise for Act Normal : "Not merely a thriller about being stalked, Act Normal raises important questions on the church, feminine sexuality—and most challengingly, how to be a peacemaker in a violent world when it comes at great cost." —Tanya Marlow, author of Those Who Finding God In Disappointment, Doubt, And Delay "It is, all at the same time, disturbing and delightful, frightening and funny, horrifying and hilarious. It is a book that unmasks the 'norms' of typical American Evangelical Christian 'churchhood,' and calls us to be aware of the dangers which lie beneath the calm surface of our established religious routines and habits." —Kenneth N. Myers, author of Salvation (And How We Got It Wrong) Amazon Reviewers "I could not put this book down. I honestly read it in one sitting, but it stayed with me long after." "Kristy's story is moving, infuriating, and scarily prescient of our current 'alternative facts,' #MeToo world." "An eye-opening narrative of what you get when the devastating effects of the objectification of women are multiplied by bad theology." "I started this book as soon as I received it in the mail, hoping to get a feel for it over dinner. I found myself turning page after page while my soup got cold and ended up finishing around midnight. It's that gripping." "This is one of the most honest and gripping stories I have ever read. I am also a trauma survivor and can say that this story will break your heart and build it back up."