| Format: | Ebook |
| Page Count: | 160 |
| Size: | 5.25 in x 8.0 in |
| ISBN-UPC: | 9781433535215 |
| ePub ISBN: | 978-1-4335-3521-5 |
| PDF ISBN: | 978-1-4335-3519-2 |
| Mobipocket ISBN: | 978-1-4335-3520-8 |
| Published: | April 30, 2013 |
Gabrielle Larson is an average, 15-year-old girl living in Chicago when tragedy strikes. In the aftermath, she is forced to relocate to rural North Dakota and spend the next chapter of her life learning to cope with trials involving everything from family to faith. Laurel Woiwode, daughter of critically acclaimed novelist Larry Woiwode, offers here a moving story that will be appreciated by female and male readers alike. Past Darkness is not preachy or heavy-handed, but rather a touching story about the importance of family, the power of music, and the ever-present mercy of God.
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.
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Endorsements
“Ostensibly, Woiwode weaves a tender, slow-burning story of death, grief, and rebirth, but really, it’s her intoxicating love-letter descriptions of a windswept North Dakotan prairie and its inhabitants that will sweep you off your feet. A moving tale about the resilience of family relationships and the power of memory, Past Darkness insists on the goodness of humankind and unravels a tale, brimming with love and hope, to prove it.”
Elissa Elliott, author, Eve: A Novel
“Beautifully haunting, sublime yet profound, Laurel Woiwode's debut novel is the truest of romances: the romance between the individual soul and the Father’s persistent love and healing.”
John L. Moore, author, The Breaking of Ezra Riley, Take the Reins, and Bitter Roots
“A profound story of sudden, devastating loss and the tenuous, graceful process of healing and redemption. The characters who move through this powerful first novel are as complex or nuanced as the people who move through our lives; you will remember Gabrielle Larson, Uncle Will, Aunt Bea, and Ian Mackenzie long after you turn the final page. You will remember the places they inhabit as well. Woiwode evokes rural North Dakota with the tender confidence that comes only when a writer knows the shape of a place as well as she knows the shape of her hand. From one lucid sentence to the next, she illuminates the intimate mysteries of the natural world, and invites us to share in its expansive beauty.”
Karen Halvorsen Schreck, author, While He Was Away and Sing for Me (2014)