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NEWS: Kristen Anderson on BBC’s “Outlook”

Kristen Anderson, author of Life, In Spite of Me (Multnomah Books, 2010) was featured on BBC’s “Outlook,” a 40-million listener worldwide radio broadcast that features extraordinary personal stories. Kristen told part of the story from her book of how she survived a suicide attempt at the age of 17 and the way God brought her out of her depression and gave her a life of hope and fullness, even living with a handicap.  Now, many years later, Kristen shares the hope she experienced with others.

Kristen was featured on the Friday, March 18th, 2011 episode. Listen online here.

NEWS: Kristen Anderson interviews on Family Talk with Dr. Dobson

Kristen Jane Anderson, author of Life, In Spite of Me, was interviewed on Family Talk with Dr. James Dobson.  Listen as Kristen discusses the hope Jesus gave her after a tragic suicide attempt at age 16, and what she’s doing today.

You can listen here to Kristen’s interview, Life After Hopelessness Part One and Part Two, originally broadcast Oct 11 and 12, 2010.

SNEAK PEEK: LIFE, IN SPITE OF ME by Kristen Jane Anderson

Read the first chapter of Life, In Spite of Me.

Even when we give up on life, God doesn’t give up on us.

Following the deaths of her three friends and grandmother, and a betraying rape, Kristen Anderson lay down on a set of railroad tracks, waiting for a train to end her life. God had other plans for her, however, and she now joyfully tells her story in Life, In Spite of Me: her miraculous survivial, the agonizing aftermath of her failed suicide attempt, and the hope that has completely transformed her life, giving her a powerful purpose for living.