I absolutely loved the heart-wrenchingly beautiful debut memoir Dirt by Mary Marantz. Her lyrical prose, visual descriptions, and profoundly inspirational messages captured my senses and held on tight until the very last page. I was enthralled by it. I couldn’t put it down and I didn’t want it to end! The author writes with emotional depth and clarity as she pours her heart and soul onto the pages of Dirt in genuine, authentic, and life-giving ways. And she sprinkles the pages of Dirt with humor which I found delightful.
Dirt is about forgiveness, redemption, honesty, sacrifice, healing, acceptance, and the roots of deep-abiding love. It’s about letting go and hanging on, hardening and softening, and the power of love. Mary Marantz shares her relationships and struggles growing up, especially about her dad, and the untraditional life lessons he taught her in the simplest, but most profound ways. I love that she loved well even when it may have hurt to do so. I related to her feelings of unworthiness and not being enough. I’m glad she came to the realization of her true worth and value and the grit and grace that flows through her veins.
I recently lost my dad and I’m still grappling with the tremendous loss of his absence. Mary Marantz’s love and pride for her father touched me deeply and the last few chapters and epilogue of the book were my undoing, in the most beautiful of ways. They grabbed my heartstrings and wouldn’t let go until long after I finished reading it.
Mary Marantz weaves her stories of family and faith into the beautiful tapestry of Dirt as she unravels rich life lessons, realizations, and truths as she derives the goodness that surely comes. Her stories are delicately strung together with the analogy of dirt, stories of brokenness, and hard times which blossom into love, beauty, and grit.
I think this quote by Mary Marantz sums up her amazing book well; “This wild, wonderful, hard, gritty, broken-made-beautiful life. You may call it grace, you may call it sacrifice. But for me, the greatest of these is love. It is a song of redemption, a reconciliation with the roots that grew me, a melody born out of the muddiest parts of my life. And it always started with dirt.”
I am a voracious reader and Dirt is the best memoir I’ve ever read. It combines the elements of a raw, fresh style written with heartbreaking beauty, powerful and profound truths and honesty laced with faith-filled messages woven into the author’s heartfelt stories of inspiration. I absolutely loved Dirt and I look forward to future books from the new author Mary Marantz.
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“Dirt” is for The Underdog! The Bullied! The “Misfits”!
I’ve NEVER identified with a book, someone else’s story, more than this new gem from Mary!!! ❤️I met Mary years ago at a Creative Women’s Conference, and still remember her talking about her “red cape” from the conference stage.Something about the woman intimidating me initially from seeing her around campus, in her JCrew meets Ralph Lauren stunningly sophisticated outfit perfection versus my more...casual🤣...attire, drew me in.This stylish, well-dressed, successful, usually would’ve sent me heading the opposite direction as surely we had NOTHING in common, woman called to me.So, I waited patiently when it was over to hug her and shake her hand. Bits of what she shared from that speech caused me to say something that made her laugh out loud...and disarm all “intimidation” feelings I’d had about this powerhouse just moments before.Reading the whole full-circle story in The Book Dirt the last few weeks was, not even exaggerating, LIFE-CHANGING! I didn’t know just how deeply I would wind up identifying with the woman I almost let initial perception, a fear of rejection because I “was nothing like her”, keep me from even saying “Hey!” and hugging to FEEL that she WAS NOT at all intimidating...she’s ME, and millions of us who’ve walked/may still be walking the hard dirt of our lives trying to rise.She is warm, welcoming, and her gift for speaking, (more like ministering) is a magnet to my soul...so much that I believe you can FEEL her pure, real, down to Earth (or Dirt❤️) genuine love for everyone, as you unwrap her story word by wonderful word.Dirt is for the underdog! The kid who was bullied for where they lived, what they wore, how they looked, anything that was different, or made you feel like you didn’t fit in or, maybe even still, don’t “belong” (and if you’re like me, and you still don’t that’s NOT A BAD THING, it’s BRILLIANT!❤️)If you’re on the fence about ANOTHER inspirational book, just trust me (a self-proclaimed “not a reader”) you NEED this one!You have no idea the healing, encouragement, self-love, and anxiety it’s about to help you wake up and dust off.
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