I just released my first memoir: The Shut Door: Losing Me, Finding Him.
Amazon.com (US Market) is showing an incorrect price of $6. I submitted a pricing correction and was told it could take up to 72 hours for the system to reflect the change. If you are interested, please take advantage of this discount.
Facing a shut door - symbolic of the pain, rejection, and unanswered questions - she is shut out and shut away from getting to know her birth father's identity. Like lost, mislaid, or unclaimed property, her recently discovered biological family takes no interest in her. They see her existence as a disruption to the family structure as they know it.
MeShayle Lester's debut memoir, The Shut Door, captures her personal devastation of discovering through DNA testing that her dad of 37 years is not her biological father. MeShayle learns the meaning of an "NPE" while grieving her identity and other losses following her paternity bombshell.
The Shut Door, is a book about faith tested in loved ones, strangers, and a God who hears her prayers but has not answered them in the way she desires. In a struggle to know why an in-control God would allow her to suffer, MeShayle looks to the Christian Bible. She scratches the surface of a few biblical narratives to see how men and women in the Bible handled family secrets, trauma, and rejection.
Will shut doors ever open? Or is God even listening?
About the Author MeShayle Lester is the daughter of a truck driver and genealogist. She has been searching for her biological father since the Fall of 2016. Her passions include mental health advocacy, clinical research, and prisoner education. She is a life-long learner and a hoarder of books, journals, and herbal tea. She lives in North Texas and serves in ministry alongside her husband, Rev. Don, while pursuing a doctoral degree in leadership.
I just released my first memoir: The Shut Door: Losing Me, Finding Him.
Amazon.com (US Market) is showing an incorrect price of $6. I submitted a pricing correction and was told it could take up to 72 hours for the system to reflect the change. If you are interested, please take advantage of this discount.
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MeShayle Lester
Book Description
Facing a shut door - symbolic of the pain, rejection, and unanswered questions - she is shut out and shut away from getting to know her birth father's identity. Like lost, mislaid, or unclaimed property, her recently discovered biological family takes no interest in her. They see her existence as a disruption to the family structure as they know it.
MeShayle Lester's debut memoir, The Shut Door, captures her personal devastation of discovering through DNA testing that her dad of 37 years is not her biological father. MeShayle learns the meaning of an "NPE" while grieving her identity and other losses following her paternity bombshell.
The Shut Door, is a book about faith tested in loved ones, strangers, and a God who hears her prayers but has not answered them in the way she desires. In a struggle to know why an in-control God would allow her to suffer, MeShayle looks to the Christian Bible. She scratches the surface of a few biblical narratives to see how men and women in the Bible handled family secrets, trauma, and rejection.
Will shut doors ever open? Or is God even listening?
About the Author
MeShayle Lester is the daughter of a truck driver and genealogist. She has been searching for her biological father since the Fall of 2016. Her passions include mental health advocacy, clinical research, and prisoner education. She is a life-long learner and a hoarder of books, journals, and herbal tea. She lives in North Texas and serves in ministry alongside her husband, Rev. Don, while pursuing a doctoral degree in leadership.