Nominated for the 2016 Forest of Reading Evergreen Award Nominated for the 2014 Victoria Book Prize
An Englishwoman's mysterious death in 19th-century West Africa haunts those left behind.
Letitia Landon, "Letty" to her friends, is an intelligent, witty, successful writer, much sought after for dinner parties and soirees in the London of the 1830s. But, still single at thirty-six, she fears ending up as a wizened crone in a dilapidated country cottage, a cat her only companion.
Just as she is beginning to believe she will...
Nominated for the 2016 Forest of Reading Evergreen Award Nominated for the 2014 Victoria Book Prize
The conflict between science and Scripture has often resulted in the misbelief they are fundamentally incompatible. Proponents of each side have, unfortunately, developed a closed mind and defiant attitude towards the other.
But the natural and supernatural worlds actually do share common ground. People are drawn to them, find expression within each arena and often feel a connection to something larger than themselves. Just like two witnesses to the same event, each has a voice that deserves to be heard in order to get a more complete picture of the truth.
In "And There Was Light ,"...
The conflict between science and Scripture has often resulted in the misbelief they are fundamentally incompatible. Proponents of each side have, ...