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Open Hands
Paperback
Biographies GeneralGeneral ParentingSelf-Help
Publisher Price: $21.99
Publisher: Keith Thorn
Published: Mar 15 2026
Pages: 270
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.61 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Open Hands
Loving Deeply, Living Honestly, and Finding Peace When Reconciliation Doesn't Come
At some point, the roles that once defined you begin to fall away.
Athlete.
Husband.
Provider.
Father.
And when divorce reshapes your home, when estrangement silences your phone, when aging removes the illusion of control-you are left with one question:
Who am I now?
In Open Hands, Keith Thorn confronts that question without defensiveness or blame. He writes candidly about divorce, staying too long, choosing again, losing proximity to his children, and the quiet fear of dying without reconciliation.
But this is not a book about regret.
It is about responsibility.
It is about humility.
It is about faith that does not collapse when outcomes do.
Rooted in Christian conviction and lived experience, Thorn wrestles with identity beyond performance and worth beyond approval. He explores what it means to love adult children without control, to live visibly without hiding peace, and to trust God when reconciliation does not arrive on your timeline.
This book is for the father who feels misunderstood.
For the man whose roles have shifted.
For anyone asking whether peace is possible without resolution.
You are not your worst decision.
You are not your lost role.
You are not your silence.
You are known.
You are called by name.
You are loved.
And that changes everything.
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