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MARKED
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Sin, Suicide, and Survival
Marked: Inside A True Story of Sin, Suicide, and Survival
Reading like a novel, Marked is a multi-part true story sharing the emotional romance of young love, the repetition of substance abuse and recovery, through fifteen years of marriage that ends when Sandi receives a call from state police informing her that her husband, Michael, committed suicide after holding a family hostage at gunpoint.
The Story Behind the Story
The smaller the city, the bigger the rumormongering—for this small farm town in the Texas Panhandle, the news of a well-respected pharmacist's suicide grew larger-than-life overnight. Infidelity, divorce, drugs, suicide—none of it expected in a nice Christian family. News outlets reported the scandalous saga, leaving Shepherd County to speculate, and a newly widowed mother of five grief-stricken children feeling isolated and invisible.
Core Message
The core message is to exhibit the invisible ways Christ guides a young widow and her five children through social and spiritual fallout after her husband, an addicted pharmacist, chooses suicide, shattering their perfect family image and exposing secrets. Part-memoir, part inspirational, the book fleshes out the spirit of longing—for Him, His grace, and His plans for each of us.
What Makes This Book Different
Many books in the Christian or inspirational genre talk about grief or grace, but Marked combines these into one narrative—when you lose a spouse, feel responsible for losing your spouse, and how social isolation has the ability to bring you closer to God. The driving purpose of Marked is to motivate others to listen to God's message, even during their darkest hour.
Reading like a novel, Marked is a multi-part true story sharing the emotional romance of young love, the repetition of substance abuse and recovery, through fifteen years of marriage that ends when Sandi receives a call from state police informing her that her husband, Michael, committed suicide after holding a family hostage at gunpoint.
The core message is to exhibit the invisible ways Christ guides a young widow and her five children through social and spiritual fallout after her husband, an addicted pharmacist, chooses suicide, shattering their perfect family image and exposing secrets. Part-memoir, part inspirational, the book fleshes out the spirit of longing—for Him, His grace, and His plans for each of us.
What Makes This Book Different
Many books in the Christian or inspirational genre talk about grief or grace, but Marked combines these into one narrative—when you lose a spouse, feel responsible for losing your spouse, and how social isolation has the ability to bring you closer to God. The driving purpose of Marked is to motivate others to listen to God's message, even during their darkest hour.
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