The Party of One

<p><strong>This book is bold and strong and unapologetic. Unflinching even. Joy Beth doesn't back down from those hard conversations that need to be happening not just in our churches but in our small groups our social circles our relationships. </strong><strong>--Mandy Hale creator of The Single Woman and <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author</strong></p><p>Did you enter adulthood thinking marriage would naturally find you only to end up at a second-cousin's wedding dodging yet another bouquet the night before you turned thirty? Maybe you've started wondering <em>is this the best the single life has to offer?</em> Joy Beth Smith says it's not. The single life doesn't have to be the runner-up version of God's best. It doesn't have to leave you constantly waiting for real life to begin. <em>Party of One</em> offers a trade: let go of the tired lies weighing you down and turn toward truth. Understand that: </p><ul><li>You don't have to be married to be wise. You don't have to be a mother to have supernatural love. You don't have to own a home to be hospitable.</li><li>Singleness is not meant to be pitied shamed fixed or even ignored. It is to be celebrated.</li><li>God doesn't promise you a husband but he does promise comfort intimacy and satisfaction.</li></ul><p>With humor self-awareness and been-there perspective <em>Party of One </em>delves into the insecurities and struggles of singleness and encourages you to find the good the true and the beautiful to dive headfirst into community and to stop pressing pause on a life you never expected.</p>