Past Darkness [Paperback]

An uplifting story about the importance of family,?the power of music, and the ever-present mercy of God.?

I could hear my heart?beat in spite of the commotion and noise.?Id never seen anything so horrible&Whats wrong with me? I thought. I knew everything had gone black and silent, but I couldnt 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 whats happened, but also to survive on a farm full of horses, cows, Uncle Will, and Aunt Bea. Enduring natures 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 profoundwill she ever emerge from the noisy past to catch the redemptive tune of the present?