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A teacher struggles with loneliness and grief after the tragic death of her husband; a social worker carries with him the scars of an emotionally abusive parent; a teenager suffers unspeakable torture at the hand of his evil father; parents struggle to cope with the loss of their only child. Their lives become entwined, and as the plot unfolds, each finds escape from their painful past and hope for the future. The author, a former teacher, foster parent, and woman of faith, has created a story about the redeeming power of faith and love. The words reach out from the page to grasp your heart…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
A teacher struggles with loneliness and grief after the tragic death of her husband; a social worker carries with him the scars of an emotionally abusive parent; a teenager suffers unspeakable torture at the hand of his evil father; parents struggle to cope with the loss of their only child. Their lives become entwined, and as the plot unfolds, each finds escape from their painful past and hope for the future. The author, a former teacher, foster parent, and woman of faith, has created a story about the redeeming power of faith and love. The words reach out from the page to grasp your heart and restore your belief that compassion born out of sorrow can lead to new beginnings.
Autorenporträt
Karen Harrison was born in Dungannon, Northern Ireland, and grew up in Buckinghamshire, England. She graduated in PPE from Balliol College, Oxford, in 1989 and qualified as an accountant in 1994. She spent ten years in public practice, working in Indonesia, Russia and the UK. In 2002, she moved into industry. Retaining her international focus, she held a series of finance director positions with major media businesses in Ukraine, Bulgaria and the US. In January 2014, Karen was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent significant surgery. The forty-eight poems in this book cover a period of five years, from Italy in 2011 to Portland, Oregon, in 2016.