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About Shipwrecked, Not Lost: A Map Through the Landscape of Grief, Loss, & Divorce (Unabridged)

What do you do when your life breaks and you can't go back? After an unwanted divorce, Mari Christine found herself shipwrecked: grieving, disoriented, and stepping into a life she never imagined. If you've lost something you can't get back—a marriage, a future, a version of yourself—this book will meet you exactly where you are. Shipwrecked, Not Lost is not another divorce recovery book with tidy answers. Told through a vivid island metaphor, with lampposts marking the stages of grief, it gives language to what most people don't know how to say. No cliché platitudes. No false hope. Just the truth about heartbreak—and a map when nothing feels certain. In this book you'll find: - A framework for the grief no one talks about—loss of identity, of future, of self - Language for the anger, lament, and disorientation of unwanted loss - An honest faith perspective that walks through the valley rather than around it - Stories of encountering God in the wreckage—not after it - A path forward when you cannot yet see one She faces anger and learns the cost of boundaries. In her lament, she encounters God—and everything changes. She discovers a Shepherd who was never lost or absent, and a strength forged in the valley she was led through. This is not a book about being rescued from the wreck. It's about a life redeemed through it. For women navigating divorce recovery, ambiguous loss, complicated grief, or the slow, sacred work of rebuilding after heartbreak—whether the loss is a marriage, a relationship, or an entire life you thought you knew. If you've ever felt beyond the reach of hope, this book was written for you.