About My Book: A Long Awakening to Grace
A Long Awakening to Grace weaves a tale of heartbreak and triumph. Linda powerfully captures a parent’s sorrow for ‘what might have been’ as well as a spiritual seeker’s reverence for the treasures bestowed in life’s darkest moments.
During twenty-two years of overwhelming obstacles, Linda A. Marshall grew in wisdom and strength as she grappled with her children’s puzzling behavior and searched for the reason behind it. A miraculous gift of grace revealed the source of her children’s heart-wrenching circumstances.
A gripping, heart-tugging, courageous journey into the light that keeps the reader on the edge of suspense.
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Praise for A Long Awakening to Grace
In A Long Awaking to Grace, Linda Marshall recounts with honesty and tenderness her decades long journey in caring for her children through a labyrinth of pain and limitations.Her story affirms that not giving up on love — though we often don’t know what is happening — leads us to gifts where we least expect them.Mark Nepo is the is the New York Times best-selling author of The Book of Awakening and More Together Than Alone.
Although it is a tragic but true story of grace emerging from years of suffering and the mystery of its source, this book reads like a compelling novel by a talented author who knows how to keep the reader on the edge of suspense.
[This book is for] anyone interested in the emergence of a heroine from darkness into light...
Harville Handrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt are the the New York Times best-selling authors of Getting the Love You Want and Making Marriage Simple.
A Long Awakening to Grace shows the transformative power of an open heart and questing spirit. Faith buoys Linda Marshall through decades of family pain and tragedy caused by a mysterious genetic condition. Over the course of this inspiring journey, love opens the way for profound healing.
Susan J. Tweit is the author of Walking Nature Home: A Life’s Journey
This remarkable memoir chronicles one hero’s quest to find an answer to a genetic riddle that had severely impacted her family for decades. The story is moving, meaningful, and inspiring, and reading it has made me a better doctor. It is a tremendous resource for other families in similar situations.
John T. Kissel, M.D. is the Director of Neuromuscular Medicine at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
