The God Box, Mary Lou Quinlan
The God Box, Mary Lou Quinlan
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The God Box
Sharing My Mother's Gift of Faith, Love and Letting Go

Author: Mary Lou Quinlan

Narrator: Mary Lou Quinlan

Unabridged: 1 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/04/2012

Synopsis

When Mary Lou Quinlan’s beloved mother, Mary Finlayson, dies, her family is bereft — until Mary Lou searches for her mother’s “God Box,” her private cache of notes to God on behalf of family, friends and strangers. To Mary Lou’s amazement, she finds not one but ten boxes stuffed with hundreds of tiny petitions that span the last twenty years of her mother’s life.Note by note, Mary Lou unearths a treasure of her mother’s wishes and worries and insight. Mary asked God for everything from the right flooring for her daughter’s home to a cure for her own blood cancer. Her requests, penned on scraps of paper, were presented without expectation — the ultimate expression of letting go.Follow Mary Lou’s emotional journey as she uncovers her mother’s innermost thoughts — nostalgic, surprising and even shocking. As she recalls life with the woman who was her best friend, Mary Lou discovers her own more empathetic, engaged self — the woman her mother had believed in all along.Poignantly written and beautifully designed, The God Box is a gift for every mother, every daughter, every person who, regardless of beliefs, trusts in the permanence of love and the power of family.

About Mary Lou Quinlan

Mary Lou Quinlan is the author of three books, an inspirational speaker and an expert on how women think and buy. She is the founder of Mary Lou Quinlan & Co. and Just Ask a Woman and appears frequently in national media. Her proudest achievement is her A+ in daughter, and she hopes her mother would be especially pleased with this book. Mary Lou and her husband, Joe, live in New York City and Bucks County, Pennsylvania, along with their dog, Rocky.

Reviews

Goodreads review by G on April 16, 2012

Visible Act of Let Go, Let God. For over twenty years, Mary, Mary Lou Quinlin's mother, made a habit of jotting down her prayers and placing them in a box that she called her God Box. This was her way of physically acting out the habit of giving control to God over all the concerns that filled her pr......more

Goodreads review by brandy oliver on June 15, 2012

This is a beautifully written book that is going to be kept on my top shelf;) The book itself is gorgeous and has stunning pictures, beautiful cover, and is just a treasure! It was a tad bit awkward, reading such intimate memories of the author's mother who passed away, I felt so sad and yet so full......more

Goodreads review by April on April 23, 2012

My thoughts: I knew I would relate well with the author since I had lost my mom to cancer in 2002. No matter what your age is or the age of your mother, losing my mom was the hardest thing I have ever endured. The reason this book grabbed my attention was simply relating to the lost feeling right aft......more

Goodreads review by Eustacia on April 09, 2012

Ever feel like you have a problem so huge you don't know what to do? Well, give it up to God. To be specific, put in in your "God Box". The whole aim of this rather short book (around 120 pages in ebook format) is to explain about the God Box. The God Box is simply the box that the author's mother us......more

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