Nothing Bad Between Us: A Mennonite Missionary's Daughter Finds Healing in Her Brokenness (True Story, Memoir, Conflict Resolution, Religious

Marlena Fiol, PhD, is the author of the inspiring memoir Nothing Bad Between Us. Her book is a narrative exploration of her own identity journey from a tortured and rebellious childhood as a Mennonite missionary kid on a leprosy compound to eventual reconciliation with her people and within herself.

Marlena has written dozens of articles exploring the themes of loss, suffering, healing, learning, love, redemption, and reconciliation. Before becoming a writer of literary essays and blogs, she received worldwide acclaim for her work on learning and identity. This work examined how people within and around organizations make sense of who they are in relation to others, and how that sense of self can change.

Marlena and her husband Ed find both light playfulness and intense joy in their relationships with their grandchildren. They currently spend summers in lush, green Oregon and winters in sunny Arizona. You can learn more about Marlena and her work at marlenafiol.com.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Prologue

Chapter 1: The Lord's Work

Chapter 2: 11,187 Miles by Volvo

Chapter 3: A Child's Be-Longing

Chapter 4: Magical Holidays

Chapter 5: Asunción

Chapter 6: Tasting the Forbidden Fruit

Chapter 7: Disowned

Chapter 8: My Escape

Chapter 9: The Return

Chapter 10: Safe and Numb

Chapter 11: Keeping it All Together

Chapter 12: It's Over

Chapter 13: Spinning Out of Control

Chapter 14: Picking up the Pieces

Chapter 15: Nothing Bad Between Us

Epilogue

P.S.

Acknowledgements