Mary Lou Quinlan’s The God Box Hits #12 on the New York Times Bestseller List

May 21, 2012 - PRLog -- Austin TX – The God Box: Sharing My Mother’s Gift of Faith, Love, and Letting Go (published by Greenleaf Book Group Press) by Mary Lou Quinlan reached the #12 spot on the New York Times Hardcover Advice & Misc. bestseller list.

The God Box shares the story of the tragic loss of Mary Lou’s beloved mother Mary Finlayson. While she and her family struggle with the devastating death, Mary Lou discovers her mother’s collection of “God Boxes.” During her life Mary had accumulated a group of simple containers stuffed with tiny notes she wrote to God, asking for everything from the right flooring for her daughter’s new home to a cure for her own blood cancer. Mary’s heartfelt requests on behalf of friends, family and strangers gave her family a new appreciation for her compassion, faith and perseverance. As she reads and processes her mother’s touching messages, Mary Lou discovers her own more empathetic and more engaged self—the woman her mother had believed in all along.

Named the “Oprah of Madison Avenue” by The Wall Street Journal, Mary Lou Quinlan has held top positions at Avon, DDB Needham Worldwide and N.W. Ayer. A previous judge on ABC’s American Inventor, she is the women’s correspondent for The Early Show on CBS and has been published in Redbook, Marie Claire and O, The Oprah Magazine, among others.

The God Box is Greenleaf’s 21st book to reach bestseller status in rankings that include The Wall Street Journal, New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists.