Overview

• In Awake, out September 23 via Avid Reader Press, Hatmaker recounts waking on July 11, 2020, to hear Brandon Hatmaker whisper, “I just can’t quit you,” before she confronted him.
• She writes that a search of his computer revealed a long-running affair and what she describes as lavish gifts that pushed the family into financial chaos.
• By morning she says she told him to leave, adds he made no effort to reconcile, and notes he was engaged to another woman within a year.
• Hatmaker reports she battled depression and anxiety while parenting five children during the pandemic as she worked to stabilize her life and finances.
• She says she ultimately cut ties with Austin New Church, has a long-distance relationship with author Tyler Merritt, and recently became a grandmother.