Over 150 women from around the world responded to a survey asking if they had been hurt by women in the church.

Using a light-hearted shoe analogy, their emotional testimonies were placed into 9 different soles:

• Stella Stiletto - power shoe - leader
• Penny Loafer - soft sole - introvert
• Betty Boot - work boot - the church work-horse
• Sally Sprinter - running shoe - has left the church.

You get the idea.

Each shoe gets a chapter where we see from their point of view an ongoing, interwoven story. The survey respondents quotes are dispersed...