Audio Giveaway of Tiger in a Lifeboat
And Other Good News from Lake Drive Books
I still can’t get over the moment in The Tiger in the Lifeboat when Lauren Cibene is alone in a bathroom in India, sweating, anxious, and helplessly tangled in a sari—until a local woman steps in with a quiet, wordless kindness. “She didn’t laugh, didn’t scold, didn’t ask questions. She just reached for the fabric and began wrapping it around me like it was the most natural thing in the world.” That beautiful act of compassion hit me hard. It reminded me how healing often begins in the humbling moments—when someone shows up for you without needing to understand your whole story.
It’s a small moment, in a faraway land and a different culture, that showed Lauren how compassion for someone different from you works, an act that perhaps she hadn't seen much of in her own culture, after her own recent betrayal, during her own deconstruction.
This moment is beautifully and professionally read by the audiobook’s narrator, Stephanie Breese. It’s one of many listening moments that will sweep you away to a story about learning to trust yourself.
To celebrate the release of the audiobook, we’re giving away three free Audible download codes to the first three people who respond to this email, on a first-come, first-served basis. All we ask is that you consider an honest review of the book when finished listening. If you’ve ever felt lost, anxious, or in search of something real, this story will stay with you. Learn more about the book and listen to an audio sample here. If you're interested, please email us back to request a code!
Recent updates from Lake Drive Books:
July 8 is release day for Nia Chiaramonte’s I Hardly Knew Me: Following Love, Faith, and Skittles to a Transgender Awakening, and we hope you’ll preorder a copy! This book couldn’t be more timely. Also, if you haven’t read what a transgender person has to say about the Supreme Court decision on the Tennessee state ban on gender affirmation care, you’ll be glad to have read Nia’s Substack post.
We’re nearing the end of Pride Month 2025, but it’s still a good time to go read author Brandon Flanery’s Lake Drive Books blog post, “What It Feels Like to Be Gay in the Evangelical Church,” which is a good sampling of his book Stumbling: A Sassy Memoir about Coming Out of Evangelicalism.
More good things to come. Watch for preorder availability soon on both of these titles below!
Navigating the Waves of Grief: Healing Prompts and Reflections to Move You Forward, our second book with counselor Kate J. Meyer.
A Thousand Tiny Paper Cuts: The Subtle, Insidious Nature of Spiritual Abuse and Life on the Other Side, from Tears of Eden founder Katherine Spearing.
David Morris, Publisher, Lake Drive Books
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