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Ashes Of Adam
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 23 2026
Pages: 190
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A powerful story about fatherhood, faith, and what it means to become a whole man.
Eli Carter leaves Cleveland at seventeen with forty-seven dollars, a worn-out backpack, and the weight of a family he was never supposed to carry. He builds himself from nothing-discipline, hard work, and iron self-reliance-until twelve years later he stands in Indianapolis with a contractor's license, a clean apartment, and a growing sense that the life he constructed is missing something he can't name.
Ashes of Adam is a literary Christian fiction novel that follows one man's journey from survival to surrender-from the pride of the self-made to the deeper strength of a life aligned with purpose. As Eli begins to see the same quiet brokenness in the men around him-young men performing toughness, older men going through the motions, fathers who were present but not there-he is drawn into a circle of honest conversation, honest work, and the slow, uncomfortable process of building from the inside out.
This is a book for men who were never shown how to hold what they were given. For women who love them. For anyone who has confused control with peace, and independence with wholeness.
Themes include: fatherlessness and its generational impact, Christian faith and spiritual awakening, masculinity and identity, mentorship, redemption, emotional healing, and the quiet courage it takes to become the man you were designed to be.
Perfect for readers of The Shack by William P. Young, Every Man's Battle, and Wild at Heart by John Eldredge-and for fans of emotionally rich, faith-centered literary fiction with a strong male protagonist.
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