Questing France: Deepening the Search for My Holy Grail

Questing France: Deepening the Search for My Holy Grail
Marilyn Barnicke Belleghem
Quest Publishing
ISBN: 0-9734129-2-5
Non-Fiction, Memoir, Relationships
Reviewed by Dr. Tami Brady

In 2003, I was fortunate enough to review Marilyn Barnicke Belleghem’s first book Questing Marilyn: In Search of My Holy Grail. This book details a physical journey to England and Ireland that served as a journey of the Self for the author. The book was so open and honest that I instantly felt a deep connection to the author’s words which served to help me on my own journey of myself.
At the end of the book, I like probably most readers of this book was eager to learn more about the author’s journey. Had she really found lasting peace and acceptance? Would she be able to integrate her new self knowledge into her busy life as a marriage councillor, wife, and mother? Was her husband really having an affair while she was on her trip? If so, would she kick him to the curb or continue her previous unhealthy pattern of pleasing others?
I looked to the author’s new book Questing France: Deepening the Search for My Holy Grail for answers to these questions and others. I found some answers. I also found even more questions.
Two things I did learn from this book are that 1) The journey of the Self is a never-ending process and 2) You never really know how you’ll actually react in any given situation until you experience it yourself. What might appear to others as unhealthy, weak, or misguided might be true self-empowerment. Stay the course, Marilyn!