October 3, 2013 Marks Seventh Anniversary of Tragic Massacre in Nickel Mines, PA

Contact: Katie Broaddus, 256-527-6152, Katie@katiebroaddus.com

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Oct. 1, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- Yesterday Marie Monville, the former wife of the Amish schoolhouse shooter, released a new memoir that details the events of the horrific massacre in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania in October 2, 2006. One Light Still Shines: My Life Beyond the Shadow of the Amish Schoolhouse Shooting (ISBN: 978-0-310-33675-4; October 1, 2013) is now available.

Monville has garnered nation-wide media attention this week as she breaks her seven-year silence, revealing details about her former husband and the events of that tragic day in 2006. Coverage has come from "Nightline," "Good Morning America," "Fox & Friends," CNN.com, and The Washington Post with additional interviews coming from "Piers Morgan Tonight," "Katie," "The 700 Club," and People Magazine.

"In less than 24 hours, I've heard from others that my story has meant something to them and changed the way they look at their own lives," Monville said. "For people to respond to this story in a positive way helps me to further believe that God is continuing to shine His light into the darkness of this world. I am just one example of how we can find peace and hope in the most tragic of circumstances when we allow His grace to fill our lives."

In October of 2006, a lone gunman entered an Amish schoolhouse in Pennsylvania, shot ten schoolgirls, and then turned the gun on himself. It was an unimaginable tragedy that gripped the entire nation -- but one story from that horrific day has yet to be told. Now Marie Roberts Monville, the wife of the man who created such horror, tells her story for the very first time. Unbelievably, hers is a not simply a story of sorrow and destruction, but also one of majestic deliverance, unending compassion, breathtaking forgiveness, and grace-filled redemption.

Within one solitary moment, Marie Monville realized that life, as she knew it, was over. What she never anticipated was a tangible encounter with God reaching into her circumstances, rewriting all she believed about herself, her faith, and the God she thought she knew. One Light Still Shines reveals three love stories: the innocent love of a devoted wife for a husband in pain, the incomprehensible love of God in the aftermath of massacre and destruction, and the redemptive love available to everyone, waiting to unfold in the life of every person who reads this book. Monville's journey since that darkest of days has been invaded with light which shines through these pages into the darkest questions we all face -- questions about our past, our value, our identity, and own powerlessness. Come face to face with the power behind every answer --a love that begs to be received.

Marie Monville is available for interview. For more information, to request a review copy of the book, or to schedule an interview, contact: Katie Broaddus at Katie@katiebroaddus.com or 256-527-6152; Heather Adams at hrdadams@gmail.com or 404-423-8411

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