Girl marries boy.
Boy abuses girl.
Church says submit.
Girl, heartbroken, spirals into a spiritual crisis.
Defeated in her marriage and disheartened with the church, Angela Sue Garvey recalls growing up in the evangelical church during the purity culture of the ’90s. Once married, she found herself sitting across from an evangelical pastor who advised her to be quiet and submissive to a husband who routinely destroyed her.
She recounts her spiral into a decade-long spiritual crisis and the growing bitterness and cynicism she felt as she questioned her place in the church and with God. Still wanting to find love, Garvey opens up about starting over and the spiritual baggage that followed her into a second marriage and motherhood, while still desperately trying to find belonging.
Honest and hilarious, she shares the religious act of her tummy tuck and downsizing her home to 375 square feet while processing the loneliness of a faith shift.
It’s her story of heartbreak, deconstruction, and quitting things that weren’t for her anymore, including bad theology, holding grudges, and hiding from criticism with thoughts on restaurant prayer, Zumba twerking, eHarmony, and who is going to hell.
Tiny Homes & Tummy Tucks is for those who are questioning everything they were taught about God and for those who innately feel like the red-headed stepchild of Christianity. It is a timely story related to church hurt, deconstruction, and faith reconstruction.
Angela Sue Garvey is a professional home organizer and therapist. Her goal with this book is to support women formally deconstructing faith, to rebuild faith after church hurt, and to find healing.
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Hi there!
I'm Angela, a therapist and professional home organizer. My mission is to empower women through transformational decluttering. I help women create their home environment to support their wellness, remove clutter, and add beauty, passion, and joy to every day.
I'm also a military spouse who has moved eight times in the last ten years.
Within all our moves, my family lived in a home that was 375 square feet. We've also lived in a house with seven bathrooms. There's a sweet spot somewhere in the middle.
I help people untangle their mental health by organizing their homes and offices. Often, by getting organized, people can change their entire lives. Trying to get organized without mental wellness is hard, but trying to have mental wellness without organization is impossible.
I encourage women to consider the things in their minds, to-do lists, and homes—the things that make up how we spend our days and the quality of our lives. And we only have one life. Let's create spaces where we can thrive. If you need support letting go of the excess and embracing a more meaningful, organized life, I'm here for you! Together, we'll unlock the potential of your space and your life.