Book Review: Amy Grant’s ‘Mosaic’

This book was a duel-purpose read for me. Firstly, I had read somewhere that Amy Grant had shared her struggle with postpartum depression in this book, and I was intrigued to read her account.

Secondly, it fits in to my Winter ‘Let it Snow’ Reading Club Bingo card under the category of “Inspirational”, which I truly believe it was upon completion.

Don’t be daunted by the 240 pages of this book. It is some of the fastest reading you will ever do. Each chapter is separated by song lyrics. If you’re familiar with Amy’s music, you won’t need to read the lyrics, or you can just read the memoirs and skip the lyrics.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading the story behind a lot the music that’s come out of Amy’s life and career. And vignettes like the one where she got tickets to the Andretti’s family box at the Indy 500 just because she mentioned Mario’s name in her lyric on “Good for Me”.

Although she addresses her family history of depression in one chapter entitled ‘Winter’, and the word “postpartum” is used in a different story (referencing her postpartum body in a conversation with her personal trainer/friend), there really is no allusion to postpartum depression. I’m actually kind of relieved, I don’t wish PPD on anyone. Ever.

I was oddly inspired by this book. It was a stretch for me to read about someone with a very charismatic faith, a celebrity life, and *gasp* a divorce and re-marriage.

If you are someone who doesn’t have a lot of time to read, this is the perfect book for you. You can pick it up and put it down every few minutes if necessary–the longest chapter is 6 pages long.

I found myself intrigued and bolstered by Amy’s unassuming sharing of memorable life instances, God-moments, and her inspirations for writing certain songs. Her down-to-earth tone and writing style transfixed me. And that’s my book review. Dew-doot-doo!