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Highlights
- An uplifting story about the importance of family, the power of music, and the ever-present mercy of God.
- Christian Retailing's Best (Young Adult Fiction) 2014 3rd Winner
- About the Author: Laurel Woiwode graduated with honors from Jamestown College, earning a Bachelor of Arts in both English and History.
- 176 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Christian
Description
About the Book
Where do we turn when tragedy strikes? Gabrielle must wrestle with this question in this uplifting story of healing in the midst of brokenness, of God's grace breaking through the hardness of a human heart.
Book Synopsis
An uplifting story about the importance of family, the power of music, and the ever-present mercy of God.
"I could hear my heartbeat in spite of the commotion and noise. I'd never seen anything so horrible...What's wrong with me? I thought. I knew everything had gone black and silent, but I couldn't remember why. I could hear now, but was still surrounded by darkness."
Gabrielle Larson is a fifteen-year-old living in Chicago with reasonable plans for her life: to follow in her parents' footsteps as a Christian musician. But when tragedy strikes, Gabrielle finds herself forced to relocate to North Dakota, where she must learn to live with the difficult reality of her past in a strange and unfamiliar place.
Years pass as Gabrielle not only fights to accept the aftermath of what's happened, but also to survive on a farm full of horses, cows, Uncle Will, and Aunt Bea. Enduring nature's windstorms and the loneliness of grief, she struggles to heal, and even finds herself face-to-face with the possibility of love in the most unexpected place. But the darkness is real and her heartache profound--will she ever emerge from the noisy past to catch the redemptive tune of the present?
About the Author
Laurel Woiwode graduated with honors from Jamestown College, earning a Bachelor of Arts in both English and History. She works with ESL students, writes movie reviews at reelquickie.areavoices.com, works on writing and editing projects, and is always ready for outdoor adventures. Laurel grew up in rural North Dakota, has had an avid interest in animals, nature, and literature since childhood, and she is the author of Past Darkness.