Harsh Grief Gentle Hope - Softcover

MARY A. WHITE holds a degree in English from the University of Colorado and has studied at Northwestern Bible College and the University of Washington. She and her husband, Jerry, who is the general director of The Navigators, are involved in a discipling ministry, speak at seminars around the country, and minister in their local church. Mary and Jerry are the authors of Friends and Friendship (NavPress).

A deeply moving book that helps open our eyes to the personal pain of crime and the power of God to restore and sustain those who call upon Him." -- Chuck Colson, Chairman of the Board, Prison Fellowship Ministries

Solomon wrote, 'It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting' (Eccles. 7:2). Mary White invites us into her house of mourning-that we, with her, might look loss in the eye and hear the God of hope speak-and be the better for it. -- Jean Fleming, author of A Mother's Heart and The Homesick Heart

White's writing captures in stunning detail her myriad thoughts and raging emotions. The narrative of events is written on one track, while her own inner turmoil and God's responses are italicized. People who have had a loved one die unexpectedly will resonate with these agonized inner conversations...Harsh Grief, Gentle Hope is a story of heartbreak and "soul-break," but also a story of restoration and healing. -- Melanie Mueller, The Mennonite, October 24, 1995