Not a "religious" book, but maybe a powerful Lenten read?

Click -> USC College Magazine. Yeah, my school does way more than football.

This article profiles author Holly Payne (Master of Professional Writing '97). She struggled to forgive after a drunk driver ran her down, and found a way through Eli Yoder, her fictional Amish character created in the wake of the 2006 shooting rampage in Lancaster County, PA.

Payne wrote Eli for her 2009 novel, Kingdom of Simplicity.