Praying for Strangers is a small, thick book divided into dozens of short unnumbered chapters. Each chapter is titled and this heading is followed by a quote about prayer. The chapters are very short–usually three to five pages long–and each describes one of Jordan’s encounters with her “stranger of the day.” The way this book is organized makes it ideal for use as a bedside read-one-chapter-before-turning-out-the-light book.

I decided to read Praying for Strangers after being thoroughly disappointed with The Miracle of Mercy Land–Jordan’s latest novel. Most of my issues with Mercy Land had to do with things that were specific to fiction, so I grabbed the opportunity to read Jordan’s first nonfiction book, hoping I would have a better experience with it than I did with her fiction. Also, I love memoirs and the topic of this one caught my attention as being something I would probably enjoy.

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