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The Box Must Be Empty

A Memoir of Complicated Grief, Spiritual Despair, and Ultimate Healing

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The Box Must Be Empty

Written by: Marilyn Kriete
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What happens when buried grief rises two decades late, upending the life you’ve built on its coffin? When you add loss upon loss by constantly moving, serving a church organization—and possible cult—that expects unwavering sacrifice? How do you restore a devastated marriage, a crushed faith, and an endlessly broken heart?

Two years after Marilyn loses her fiancé to cancer, she becomes a Christian and marries Henry, joining him in a worldwide ministry that leaves little time for family or personal reflection. When her old grief resurfaces, she’s shocked by the tsunami that rips through their lives. Intensive counselling fails to bring healing, and when Henry writes a public letter that decimates their churches and spins them out of fellowship—and lifelong employment—she faces an emotional and spiritual reckoning that challenges her to the core. With unflinching honesty, Marilyn shares the missteps and keys to recovering her heart, her faith, and her self-esteem.

Multilayered and compelling, Marilyn’s story will resonate with anyone who’s stuck in grief, navigating a mid-life career crisis, or struggling with a spiritual life that’s lost its luster or lost its way.

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It was made more personal & powerful by listening to the author narration

After reading Paradise Road & hearing the author’s interview with Kyle Spears LIMHP LMFT (therapist), I could not wait to read this book about disenfranchised grief. I was happy to be able to listen to Marilyn tell her own story on Audible. It hurt to listen but I was compelled to continue until there was some resolution & relief & healing.
I am looking forward to Marilyn’s next book.

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Amazing story, amazing woman, amazing family!

Our family had the privilege of spending years with Marilyn and Henry, we love them to bits! Both this book and her previous one have such tragedy and crazy circumstances, all throughout there is much too learn from and she is such a great writer!

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