Before the Dawn
September 25th, 2013. Filed under: Wednesday's Wonders.Before the Dawn
When the world around you falls apart, could it be that God is giving you a second chance? This is just one of the questions on Charlotte Stevenson’s mind as she brings her three grandchildren to live on the family farm in Guidepost Books’ Home to Heather Creek series.
Before the Dawn begins just one week after the funeral of Charlotte’s daughter, Denise. Denise’s three children barely have time to process the death of their mother before they must move to the Heather Creek Farm they have never visited with grandparents they barely know. At age 16, Sam is fiercely protective of his younger siblings. Emily is 14 and desperately misses her friends. Young Christopher is only 8 and just wants to fit in. While Charlotte tries to help her grandchildren adjust to their new life, she also wrestles with her own grief and the enormous task of bringing her family together. Bob believes the fastest path to adjustment is a firm routine, with structure and chores, the same way they raised their own kids. However, that route led to Denise running away from home as a teenager and an estranged relationship with her family. Charlotte is worried about making the same mistakes she made with Denise. Is this her chance to make things right?
It is spring when the children arrive, and as Charlotte looks around the farm, she hopes the new life around them will signify hope and healing. The miracle of new life, along with God’s healing touch, reminds all of them that it’s always darkest just before the dawn.
ISLAND BREEZES
A death of a child is one thing a parent never wants to endure. It doesn’t matter how old that child is.
Charlotte’s world is turned upside down when her daughter is killed in an auto accident and her three grandchildren come to live with them. Three big city children now live on a farm. All three are just waiting until they can figure out how to escape back to the city.
It’s not going to happen. This book is the story of how this family shift begins to look like a good thing in spite of the death that brought it about.
Guideposts and “Kathleen Bauer” have a good thing going with the Home to Heather Creek Series.
***A special thank you to litfuse for providing a review copy.***
Kathleen Bauer is the pen name for a team of writers who have come together to create the Home to Heather Creek series.