Short Synopsis
At seventeen, Jennie Goutet has a dream that she will one day marry a French man and sets off to Avignon in search of him.

Full Synopsis
At seventeen, Jennie Goutet has a dream that she will one day marry a French man and sets off to Avignon in search of him. Though her dream eludes her, she lives boldly—teaching in Asia, studying in Paris, working and traveling for an advertising firm in New York.

When God calls her, she answers reluctantly, and must first come to grips with depression, crippling loss, and addiction before being restored. Providence takes her by the hand as she marries her French husband, working with him in a humanitarian effort in East Africa before settling down in France and building a family.

Told with honesty and strength, Stars Upside Down is a brave, heart-stopping story of love, grief, faith, depression, sunshine piercing the gray clouds—and hope that stays in your heart long after it's finished.

"Goutet's lovely and vulnerable self-reflection invites us to join her journey to the heights and depths of a life of faith. Time and again, she illustrates the tender care of a God who pursues us across any land and landscape, even long before we know His voice." —Anna Whiston Donaldson, author of Rare Bird

"Goutet details her travels abroad, as well as her early adult experiences living in New York City, in this revealing, energetic memoir. She starts with her brief brushes with religion as an adolescent before a more serious consideration of faith as an adult...Goutet demonstrates in this candid and engaging story how maturing spiritually can alleviate depression." —Publishers Weekly