Get Over Here
A Single's Guide to Building Meaningful Community

You know when you’re talking to a close friend and they say something that just makes you feel seen? That’s what reading “Get Over Here” is like. There have been so many times where I stopped reading and said out loud — alone in my apartment! — “she gets it!” Not only does Melissa get it (commiserati......more

I wasn’t sure what to expect when I started reading this book but I’ve come to love Melissa’s personal stories of community. No vague scenarios here! Very real things she has lived herself. I have often been told I have walls up and I do. I have recently been encouraged to let people in again. I do......more

Loved Melissa's perspective about how singleness is a route and not a season. This book is a great reminder that while we may all be on a different journey, we all need community.......more

Melissa has such a gentle and connective way of saying things I’ve felt and talked about with others for years without quite the succinct way of saying it. I appreciate her gentleness in broaching all the needs that every human heart was created with and the various routes we find ourselves on and t......more

A book about singleness, yes, and for everyone in need of community. Everyone always says it takes a village to raise a kid, well why does that village need to go away once the kid is an adult? Melissa takes us on a route through this book about drawing attention to the necessity of community and lo......more