An honors student and star athlete, seventeen-year old Michelle Miller gained the national spotlight in a manner no one would ever have predicted. After an Army recruiter promised her a college scholarship, Michelle enthusiastically signed on. Within months she was found dead in the apartment of the sergeant who had recruited her. Only later was it discovered that the recruiter was a troubled predator with a history of encounters with teenaged girls.
After Miller was found slain in Army Sgt. Adam Arndt’s home, her grief-ridden family struggled for answers, for healing, and ultimately to find forgiveness. In this candid and intimate account of the days following the incident, her grandmother Alice G. Miller offers a rare glimpse into the trajectory of personal grief and loss experienced in the aftermath of a violent death.
While lifting the veil on a profound tragedy, Miller’s heartbreaking, yet inspirational story shares how one family found their way through despair toward a deeper spirituality. With sensitivity and unvarnished truth, the trained psychotherapist and adoring grandmother offers expert, deeply personal guidance on how to heal from a consuming pain that endures well beyond the funeral.