This is Glennon Doyle’s memoir about her difficult adolescence, her battle with bulimia, her substance use, and her unhealthy relationship with men and sex in college. She gets pregnant with her boyfriend and they marry. They have two more children and settle down as a family. 'Glennon Doyle Melton has mastered sharing her emotional life with the world, which she does nearly daily on momastery.com. Now she lays herself bare once again in Love Warrior, chronicling her struggles and the depths of her resilience in the darkest of times. One of the gifts of “Love Warrior” is that Glennon Doyle Melton has had those difficult — one might say impossible — conversations again and again. She is a recovering bulimic and alcoholic who. We’re just meeting for the first time, but reading Love Warrior made me feel I know you. GLENNON DOYLE MELTON: And I’ve loved you for so long! OW: From the outside looking in, people thought you and your family were perfect. And then boom: You found out your husband was keeping porn on the family computer and had been having one-night.

Prelude

It's almost time. My father and I stand at the edge of a long white carpet, laid just this morning over the freshly cut grass. Craig's childhood backyard is transformed by the start of fall and the promise this day holds. My shoulders are bare and I feel a chill, so I lift my face toward the sun. I squint and the sun, leaves, and sky melt together into a kaleidoscope of blue, green, and orange. The leaves, my soon-to-be husband, our families sitting upright in their dressiest clothes, and I—we are all turning into something else. We are becoming new. It's a becoming day.
We wait for the music to play so we can begin the short, forever walk toward Craig. I watch him, standing at the end of the carpet looking handsome, young, and nervous. He adjusts his tie, clasps his hands in front of him, then pushes them into his pockets. After a moment he pulls his hands back out, pressing them to his sides like a soldier. He looks untethered, and I wish I could go to him now and hold his restless hands. But my hands are occupied:
occupied. One is in my father's hand and the other is on my belly. I'm a bridge between my past and future. While I watch Craig, the guests turn to watch me. I feel embarrassed by their attention — fraudulent, like I'm pretending to be a bride. My dress is too tight around my waist and I'm wearing fake eyelashes, a rhinestone tiara, and heels like stilts. I am more costumed than I am dressed. But this is what a bride is supposed to look like, and since the day I decided to become sober and a mother, I've been trying to become who I'm supposed to be.
Our music begins and my dad squeezes my hand. I look up at his face. He smiles and says, 'Here we go, sweetheart.' He wraps his arm around my arm so that all of him is holding up all of me. As I walk with my father I start to feel dizzy, so I shift my eyes toward my sister. She is standing to the left of the minister in a flaming red dress. Her hair is pinned up, her back is straight, and her certainty is a flood that drowns out my fear. If there is anyone in charge here, it's her. She is smiling at me, and her fierce, steady eyes say: If you keep walking — I'm here to stand beside you. If you turn around and run, I'll follow and we'll never look back. Whatever you do right now, Sister, you're fine. I'm here. This is what she has been telling me since she was born. You are fine. I am here.
I keep walking. When we reach the end of the carpet, the minister says, 'Who presents this woman to be married?' My dad answers, 'Her mother and I do.' My father passes my hand to Craig, who accepts it because that is what he's supposed to do. Then my dad is gone and Craig and I are facing each other and holding each other's shaking hands. Our hands are a trembling pile. I look down and wonder which one of us will steady the other. We need a third person to still our hands. I look at my sister, but she can't help now. There is no third person. This is what marriage is.
When it's time to say our vows, I tell Craig that he is my proof that God knows me and loves me. Craig nods and then vows to put me before all others for the rest of his life. I look into his eyes and accept his promise on behalf of me and our baby. The minister says, 'I now pronounce you: Mr. and Mrs. Melton.' It's done. I am a new person. Mrs. Melton. I hope I will be better as her. I hope I become. That is the hope of everyone in the backyard.

I set out to write the story of my marriage. The first time I wrote it, I started with the wedding day, because that's when I thought marriage began. This assumption was my mistake.
We'll get back to my wedding day and all the terrible magic that followed, but for now, let's begin at the beginning. It's our only choice, it turns out.

1

I was loved. If love could prevent pain, I'd never have suffered. My leather baby book with Glennon branded on the front is one long poem written by my father and filled with pictures of my tender-faced mother holding my pink, flaky, braceleted hand. About my birth, my father wrote:

It really wasn't

Excerpted from Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton. Copyright © 2016 by Glennon Doyle Melton. Excerpted by permission of Flatiron Books. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

Glennon Doyle (born March 20, 1976), previously known as Glennon Doyle Melton, is an American author and activist known for her #1 New York Times bestsellers Untamed and Love Warrior and bestseller Carry On, Warrior.^[1][2] Doyle is also the creator of the online community Momastery,^[3] and is the founder and president of Together Rising,^[4] an all-women-led nonprofit organization supporting women, families, and children in crisis.^[5][1]

Early life and education[edit]

Doyle was born in Burke, Virginia, and was raised with one sister, Amanda Doyle. Glennon Doyle writes and speaks frequently about early struggles with bulimia and addiction. In her 2013 TEDx talk 'Lessons from the Mental Hospital,'^[6] she discusses time spent in a mental hospital when she was a teen. She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree at James Madison University in 1998. During her college years, Doyle was a member of Sigma Kappa sorority, Delta Rho chapter. Following graduation, she became a teacher in Northern Virginia.

Career[edit]

In 2009, Doyle began writing online with her blog Momastery.

Books[edit]

In 2013, Doyle's memoir Carry On, Warrior was published based on some of her most popular blog posts

In 2016, a follow-up memoir, Love Warrior was released.

A third memoir, Untamed, was published in 2020. Singer, Adele, is a fan of the book, publicly stating on her Instagram that “This book will shake your brain and make your soul scream.”^[7]

All three books are best-sellers. Untamed has sold more than two million copies as of February 2021.^[8]

Television[edit]

A television series based on Untamed is being developed by J. J. Abrams’s production company.^[9]

Recognition and awards[edit]

In 2014, Parents magazine named Doyle and Momastery the winner of its award for Best All-Around at Social Media.^[10]

In September 2016, Doyle's book Love Warrior was selected to be a part of Oprah's Book Club 2.0.^[11]

Doyle appears on Oprah's SuperSoul 100, a collection of 100 awakened leaders who are using their voices and talent to elevate humanity.^[12]

In April 2020, Doyle's book Untamed was selected to be a part of Reese Witherspoon's Reese's Book Club (Hello Sunshine • Book Club).^[13][14]

Philanthropy[edit]

Doyle founded Together Rising, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, with an effective date of May 25, 2012.^[15] As of December 2020, Together Rising has raised over $25 million for people in need.^[16] Together Rising exists to 'transform collective heartbreak into effective action.' Most of Together Rising’s funds are raised through time-limited crowd-sourced fund-raisers in which contributors are limited to giving a maximum of $25 to meet a particular need.^[17] This strategy is designed to build community, to enable people from all income groups to be able to donate ('democratize the giving'), and overcome indecision about how much to give.^[18]

Personal life[edit]

Love Warrior Glennon Doyle Audiobook

Doyle was married to Craig Melton, a former model, from 2002 to 2016;^[19] they have three children. Doyle and her family moved from Centreville, Virginia, to Naples, Florida.^[20]

Doyle met Abby Wambach on a book tour.^[21][22] In November 2016, Doyle announced that she was in a relationship with Wambach;^[23] they married on May 14, 2017.^[24]

Published works[edit]

• Doyle, Glennon (2020). Untamed. Dial Press. ISBN978-1984801258.
• Doyle, Glennon (2016). Love Warrior. Flatiron Books. ISBN978-1250075727.
• Doyle, Glennon (2013). Carry On, Warrior. Scribner. ISBN978-1451697247.[1]

Love Warrior Glennon Doyle Barnes And Noble

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abElisabeth Egan. 'A Third Glennon Doyle Memoir? Yes, and Here's Why - The New York Times'. Nytimes.com. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
2. ^America, Good Morning. ''Untamed,' a new memoir by Glennon Doyle, helps women find their voice'. Good Morning America. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
3. ^Shellnutt, Kate (February 19, 2017). 'A Christian mom blogger announces she's engaged to soccer star Abby Wambach'. The Washington Post. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
4. ^'Our Team'. Together Rising. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
5. ^Kantrowitz, Jessica (March 4, 2019). 'The Nonprofit Organizations Supporting Family Reunification'. Sojourners (Sojo.net). Retrieved April 23, 2020.
6. ^Lessons from the Mental HospitalTedx.
7. ^Licea, Melkorka (August 19, 2020). 'How Glennon Doyle's 'Untamed' captured Adele's heart — and millions more'. New York Post. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
8. ^Levy, Ariel. 'Glennon Doyle's Honesty Gospel'. The New Yorker. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
9. ^White, Peter (August 6, 2020). 'Bad Robot Adapting Glennon Doyle's Memoir 'Untamed' For TV With 'Little Voice' Showrunner Jessie Nelson'. Deadline. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
10. ^'Parents.com 2014 Social Media Awards'. Parents.com. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
11. ^Stevens, Heidi (September 6, 2016). 'That new Oprah Book Club pick, 'Love Warrior?' It's really good'. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
12. ^'SuperSoul 100: The Complete List'. SuperSoul.tv. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
13. ^'Book Club'. Hello Sunshine. Archived from the original on April 11, 2020. Retrieved April 23, 2020 – via web.archive.org.
14. ^Glennon Doyle (April 1, 2020). 'Glennon Doyle Asks Us to 'Feel it All' in 'UNTAMED' The author of our April book pick shares what she's learned on her journey to becoming Untamed'. Hello Sunshine. Archived from the original on April 11, 2020. Retrieved April 23, 2020 – via web.archive.org.
15. ^'Details about together rising'. Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
16. ^'Glennon Doyle and Biden Campaign Manager Jen O'Malley Dillon on Politics, Motherhood, and Doing Hard Things'. www.yahoo.com. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
17. ^'What We're About – Together Rising'. togetherrising.org. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
18. ^'Glennon Doyle's untamed life'. ABC Radio. June 20, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
19. ^'I need to tell you something'. Monastery.com. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
20. ^McCarthy, Ellen (September 7, 2016). 'Her Marriage Was the Jewel in Her Blog Universe. Then She Found Out Her Husband Was Cheating'. The Washington Post. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
21. ^'Wambach reflects on tumultuous first post-playing year'. Sports Illustrated. Associated Press. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
22. ^Myers, Marc (March 10, 2020). 'Glennon Doyle Knew She Was Different. Abby Wambach Helped Her See It'. Retrieved June 18, 2020 – via www.wsj.com.
23. ^Shellnut, Kate (November 14, 2016). 'A Christian mom blogger announces she's dating soccer star Abby Wambach'. The Washington Post. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
24. ^'Abby Wambach marries Glennon Doyle'. Outsports. May 15, 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2017.

External links[edit]

• Official website

Glennon Doyle Melton Book