Book Review: Dirt

 

Dirt

Growing Strong Roots in What Makes the Broken Beautiful

by Mary Marantz

 Revell 

 Christian 

Pub Date 15 Sep 2020

I am reviewing a copy of Dirt through Revell and Netgalley:

This book reminds us that it takes courage to chase a dream.  Raw, unfettered, lionhearted, caution-to-the-wind courage.  We need to have a level of bravery to reach for our dreams especially when circumstances seem to be against us.

Dirt is the story of places where we start.  For Mary Marantz it was from a single wide trailer in the mountains of rural West Virgina, and then to the halls of Yale Law School.  Mary Marantz reminds us of the importance of remembering our roots, while we turn our faces to the sky.  She tells us of growing up in a trailer that smelled thick with mildew when it rained, she has known what it was like to feel as if she were broken or disqualified because of the Muddy Scars that left smudged footprints across life.

She talks of how generations of her lived and logged in those hauntingly treacherous woods, risking life and limb just to barely scrape by. And yet that very struggle became the redemption song God used to write a life she never dreamed of.  Her story is not one of brokenness though, but one of hope and perseverance.

Dirt is a story of with, of heartwarming memories, but at its core it is a story of healing .  Mary tells her story With gut-wrenching honesty and hard-won wisdom, Mary shares her story for anyone who has ever walked into the world and felt like their scars were still on display, showing that you are braver, better, and more empathetic for what you have survived. 

I give Dirt five out of five stars!

Happy Reading!