Books by Adriel Booker

A message from Adriel:

Maybe your grief is fresh and raw and you’re still reeling from the suffocating blow of a recent miscarriage. Or maybe you’ve long ago buried a secret grief, but something within is probing you to lean in closer to the pain once again. Grief is wild like the sea, but it doesn’t need to destroy us. We can’t conquer it, but we can navigate it, and we can find Jesus there too. Dive in, friend. Come with me. Let’s go deep. Grace Like Scarlett will not explain away your pain but it will help you see God’s invitation to be formed afresh in him. Grief can undo us, but it can also remake us. Let’s lean into Hope together.

Adriel Booker

Author of Grace Like Scarlett

"As a Marriage and Family Therapist, I think this is one of the best resources out there for women facing the struggle of infertility and miscarriage. As a woman who has walked through five miscarriages myself, this is the book I wish I had on my nightstand from the beginning."

Nicole Zasowski

Marriage and Family Therapist

Grace Like Scarlett: Grieving with Hope after Miscarriage and Loss by Adriel Booker

Though one in four pregnancies ends in loss, miscarriage is shrouded in such secrecy and stigma that the woman who experiences it often feels deeply isolated, unsure how to process her grief. Her body seems to have betrayed her. Her confidence in the goodness of God is rattled. Her loved ones don’t know what to say. Her heart is broken. She may feel guilty, ashamed, angry, depressed, confused, or alone.

With vulnerability and tenderness, Adriel Booker shares intimate stories about her experiences with miscarriage to help you navigate your own grief and know you aren’t alone. She tackles complex questions about faith, suffering, and God’s will with sensitivity and clarity, devoid of religious clichés or pat answers. Ultimately, Adriel invites you to a wide-open place of grace, honesty, and genuine hope as you discover a redemption story unfolding in the shadows of your loss. She also includes practical resources for ways to help guide children through grief, advice on pregnancy after loss, and special sections for dads and loved ones.

Grace Like Scarlett will help you:

Better understand your grief and find language to help you talk about your experiences with others.
Examine the complexities of abstract or disenfranchised grief and the social or religious pressures that can contribute toward a short-circuited grieving process.
Dignify your grief experience and support you in your journey toward healing.
Examine grief, pain, and suffering from a Christian perspective by exploring biblical texts, the life of Jesus, and other figures from the Old and New Testaments.
Help you examine your faith and doubt in the aftermath of your grief, and provide you a safe space to ask hard questions.
Help you find ways to honor and remember your baby’s life.
Leave you with practical resources to support healthy relationships with your spouse, children, friends, and church community in the wake of your loss.

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Endorsements for Grace Like Scarlett:

"Adriel writes with the authority of one who has endured suffering. She is a gifted teacher and a brave leader into the darker realms of faith. As she discusses the transformation that grief brings into our lives, she also acknowledges and then shoos away blame, comparison, false guilt, shame, and isolation. Though it's been years since I've experienced miscarriage, this book helped me remember and even shined a light into other areas of suffering that I hardly know how to address."

Amber Haines

Author of Wild in the Hollow

"When I experienced the loss of a pregnancy I wanted two things in that place of pain. First, to know that I was not alone in it. Second, to believe there was hope. Adriel Booker offers both in Grace Like Scarlett. I wish I'd had this book years ago." --Holley Gerth, bestselling author of Fiercehearted and What Your Heart Needs for the Hard Days

Holley Gerth

Bestselling author of Fiercehearted

"Adriel Booker is a midwife and a griefwalker. In Grace Like Scarlett she takes the reader's hand, walks into the womb of loss, and sits down knee-to-knee with the brokenhearted. See this work if ever you've needed someone to go with you, be with you, hold you . . . and give voice to your speechless, aching places. This book is blood, air, food, and friend."

Erika Morrison

Author of Bandersnatch

"Adriel Booker's Grace Like Scarlett is a raw and challenging look at the impact of miscarriages not only in the life of every woman who has undergone such tragedy but also in communities of faith who seek to care for those who have lost. As a pastor, I find this book offers hope to those in my congregation who have and will walk through this valley. Read it and be ready to give copies to all those who need the encouragement this book provides."

Steve Mickel

Senior Pastor, Westside Church

"My heart has long been crying out for a book like this, and Grace Like Scarletis a beautiful answer to that prayer. Adriel Booker offers such clear, comforting, and compassionate words to the woman who is walking through deep loss. Not only will she find hope and consolation in these pages but it will feel like she's found an understanding friend. I highly recommend this powerful and practical resource for anyone who is experiencing the lonely grief of miscarriage."

Lisa Jacobson

Founder, Club31Women.com

"Adriel is one of the biggest-hearted people I know, and the purity of her conviction comes through with every word she writes. I know her story will touch the brokenhearted and stir the souls of those who need it most."

Tsh Oxenreider

Author of At Home in the World

"This powerful book is more than a book. It's a permission slip to feel what you need to feel. I've walked with several friends through their own miscarriages, and I have always wished that there was more that I could offer, do, or say. Grace Like Scarlett is 'the more.' This book is a wise and compassionate companion for moms who are grieving the child they never got to hold."

Jennifer Dukes Lee

Author of It's All Under Control

"In Grace Like Scarlett, Adriel does the hard work of excavating her experience of excruciating loss. Her words keep perfect balance as they dance along edges--grief on one side, joy on the other--never falling into despair or the platitudes of easy faith. Unflinchingly honest, unquestionably authentic, and unashamedly human, Grace Like Scarlett is a must-read for anyone who has or will endure suffering--which is to say, all of us."

Seth Haines

Author of Coming Clean

"Raw, real, and emotionally honest. Grace Like Scarlettis for anyone dealing with the heartbreak of losing a child or the messy and untamable nature of grief. In the end, Adriel Booker's story and message are about the journey to hope and joy. She lifts the chin of the tearstained face heavenward with the reminder that Jesus is making all things new and that beauty will rise from ashes. There are few resources for individuals or churches that I have found to be this succinct and powerful—I wholeheartedly recommend it."

Ken Wytsma

Author of The Myth of Equality

Reader Reviews:

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“I bought your book when I miscarried the first time. It helped me so much. I read it again when we miscarried again. When I see or hear of someone miscarrying I always purchase this book and mail it to them with a card. I think I’ve literally probably bought 25 copies.” —Kayla

“I was given this book as a gift after my most recent miscarriage and I can honestly say that your book took me out of the deep hole I was in, I’ll forever be grateful for your book.” —Miranda

“I bought dozens of books after our miscarriage and this one was the most impactful. I couldn’t put it down. I’ve loved being able to gift it to some very special friends who have been walking the road of baby loss and I’ve heard how much Adriel’s words have impacted them in the midst of their heartache.” —Caitlin

“Adriel, I work at a faith-based pregnancy medical clinic and help women with reproductive loss. I use your book as our guide to walk alongside women after miscarriage. Thank you for writing this courageous, beautifully written book. It is true discipleship, not a bandage.” —Tanya