Sun Valley Court

""Like London Street, Jane Griffioen's new book is set in the ethnic-religious community in which she was raised. It had grown bourgeois by the 1990s, but it continued to both tie people together and tie them down. We follow the narrator as divorce fractures her family and she struggles to keep her life together. Her compelling voice balances the emotions of that time with the empathy and thoughtfulness that come in retrospect."" --William Katerberg, Professor of History, Calvin University, Grand Rapids, Michigan ""Sun Valley Court is a heartfelt exploration of challenges when caught in the constrictiveness of a 1990s Christian community. Janie wrestles with doubt as a wife and a mother. Her struggle to reinvent family, faith, and community, along with her journey of mental health is painstakingly portrayed. Griffioen is a fine writer with acute, hard-won awareness of how traditional systems can become obstacles to one's own well-being and survival."" --Margaret Willey, author of A Summer of Silk Moths ""What happens when your social world begins to fall apart? Your husband wants out of a marriage, a marriage where vows taken before God are not to be broken. What support can a woman expect from a deeply conservative community? Sun Valley Court depicts such challenges. Though set in the 1990s, it is a timely and well-told account of one woman's search to find support and understanding for her plight."" --Richard Joanisse, Retired Sociologist, Grand Valley University