A Difficult Balance By Carlene Bauer Thoughts on the Intersection of Faith and Fiction You need an active subscription to view this contentYou should really subscribe now!Or login if you already have a subscription. Share — Issue: Spring 2014 / Volume 90/2 Published: March 31, 2014 Carlene Bauer Carlene Bauer is the author of the novel Frances and Bernard (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013) and the memoir Not That Kind of Girl (Harper, 2010). Her writing has appeared in n+1, the New York Times Book Review, Slate, Salon, and Elle.