Award-winning journalist and blogger Emily T. Wierenga tells her story of restoration in Atlas Girl: Finding Home in the Last Place I Thought to Look (softcover, $14.99). The author, who battled anorexia, left her parents’ home at age 18 to escape their rigidity and to search the globe for God. When her mother was diagnosed with brain cancer, Wierenga returned home, where her heart and body were finally able to heal. Baker Books (Baker Publishing Group) releases this memoir July 3.

Leslie Ludy—best-selling author of 10 books, including the best-seller When God Writes Your Love Story—gives moms permission to abandon the pursuit of perfection and encourages them to rest in God, in Set-Apart Motherhood: Reflecting Joy and Beauty in Family Life. Ludy comes alongside readers as a mother with several young children and helps them keep Christ at the center of their parenting. The book includes questions for personal study and group discussion. NavPress releases the softcover book, which retails for $13.99, July 14, with Tyndale House Publishers distributing.

The Greek word for “grace” is the title of a David C Cook release July 1. Charis: God’s Scandalous Grace for Us (softcover, $14.99) is written by Preston Sprinkle, professor at Eternity Bible College, author of Fight: A Christian Case for Non-Violence and co-author with Francis Chan of the New York Times best-seller Erasing Hell. In Charis, Sprinkle shows how the Old Testament repeatedly reveals a gracious God who delights in redeeming the unredeemable.

Laying a biblical foundation for motherhood, Stephanie Shott, founder of The M.O.M. Initiative, has written to encourage moms in their journey and equip congregations to mentor mothers in the local church and in the community, including crisis pregnancy centers and homeless shelters. The Making of a Mom: Practical Help for Purposeful Parenting ($12.99, Revell/Baker Publishing Group) will be available in softcover July 14. Study questions in each chapter are suitable for individuals or small groups.

In Teach Us to Want: Longing, Ambition and the Life of Faith (softcover, $16), Jen Pollock Michel shares her story of fear and loss to guide readers into understanding human desire in light of the gospel. IVP Crescendo (InterVarsity Press) releases the book this month. Michel is a regular contributor to Christianity Today’s Her.meneutics webpage and Moody Bible Institute’s daily devotional Today in the Word.

Love. Period. When All Else Fails by Rudy Rasmus will be available in stores July 8. Rasmus leads the 9,000-member St. John’s United Methodist Church in Houston and co-founded Bread of Life, which distributes nine tons of food to the hungry each week. In this Worthy Publishing release, Rasmus calls believers to reject hate and apathy and to love one another as Jesus intended, regardless of class, race, gender, orientation—or past deeds. Love. Period. retails for $14.99 in softcover.

Erin Davis, author of several books, including The Bare Facts with Josh McDowell, addresses a disconnect in Connected: Curing the Pandemic of Everyone Feeling Alone Together ($14.99, B&H Books). Davis points out that even though technology allows people to be increasingly connected, people are struggling with loneliness, and she outlines the remedy for this hidden ailment. Connected is available this month in softcover.

At the end of the month, Let’s All Be Brave: Living Life With Everything You Have by Annie F. Downs will be in stores. In this Zondervan title (softcover, $15.99), Downs, an author, blogger and speaker, encourages readers to grasp the courage they possess deep inside and live with boldness the life they long to live. This collection of essays includes questions, advice and scripture to help readers resist fear and step forward.