What do you do when your life is changed in an instant? When everything you knew about yourself is taken away from you...in a flash? When your entire identity is destroyed? 

Mary Ellen Ton was burned beyond recognition in a tragic and devastating fire. At that moment, her life changed. Her identity was gone. What she knew about herself, her marriage, and her life was lost forever. The beautiful woman she saw in the mirror was replaced by a monster staring back at her.

How could she survive? Why would she want to survive? What had God done to her?

Mary Ellen takes us on a journey...a journey into and through the fire. Months of struggle, of surgeries, of doctors and nurses, of anger, self-pity, and fear. We are with her through the pain as she rebuilds her sense of self, as she rebuilds her relationships, and as she rebuilds her faith. 

As you journey alongside Mary Ellen, you will find the answers to her suffering can also be your answers. You may not have walked through the fire, but you have pain, you have suffered, your life has been turned upside down by disease, divorce, death. Journey with her and discover your answers. 

Foreword to the second edition written by Mary Ellen’s son, Jeffrey S. Ton. The second edition has been updated to reflect modern editing practices. Mary Ellen’s words remain largely as she wrote them 40 years ago. 

Buy The Flames Shall Not Consume You and start your journey through the fire today!