{"id":24515,"date":"2023-06-25T07:00:50","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/?p=24515"},"modified":"2023-06-21T10:51:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T14:51:16","slug":"granger-smiths-memoir-will-be-released-august-1st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2023\/06\/granger-smiths-memoir-will-be-released-august-1st\/","title":{"rendered":"Granger Smith&#8217;s Memoir Will Be Released August 1st"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Granger Smith&#8217;s new memoir, Like a River: Finding the Faith and Strength to Move Forward After Loss and Heartache, will be released on August 1st.<\/p>\n<p>The book gives Granger&#8217;s account of his journey through grief after the drowning death of his three-year-old son, River, in the family swimming pool in 2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I never expected to write a book, but some of the greatest things in life come unexpectedly. My book doesn&#8217;t hold back. I share everything my family went through\u2014the highs and lows, the good and bad. Writing Like a River was one of the most emotional undertakings I&#8217;ve ever been through, but it&#8217;s also been one of the most fulfilling.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In April, Granger announced that his summer&#8217;s Like A River Tour would be his last.<\/p>\n<p>He shared a video message to fans on social media explaining his decision to pursue a career in ministry and that he&#8217;s been working on a master&#8217;s degree at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"insta-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CsTu0wwgmB9\/embed\/captioned\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display:inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height:0;\"  class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Granger Smith&#8217;s new memoir, Like a River: Finding the Faith and Strength to Move Forward After Loss and Heartache, will be released on August 1st.","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":24516,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3337],"tags":[3586,7822,6453,5308],"class_list":["post-24515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country-music-news","tag-granger-smith","tag-like-a-river-finding-the-faith-and-strength-to-move-forward-after-loss-and-heartache","tag-memoir","tag-river"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-15 15:25:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/chok.com\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2023\/06\/granger-smiths-memoir-will-be-released-august-1st\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}