Review

A Delicate Fade

by Ben DeVries

Twenty-something musician Ben DeVries knows firsthand the searing pain of a "dark night of the soul." In this stream-of-consciousness narrative, he invites the reader to explore with him a journey through doubt to glimmerings of hope. His journey isn't straightforward linear reading. Rather, DeVries swirls together a kaleidoscope of observations, images, angst, poem fragments and quotes that are best taken in small bites rather than gulped.

DeVries grew up the son of evangelical Christian missionaries, where God was as much a part of life as breathing.

all my life I've heard about salvation, how it can find u