Adolescent fears transition into the throes of love and heartache, yet the pen and journal remain steadfast. An attempt to understand the many uncertain emotions tumbling about by putting them to paper. Without pause to wonder at their beauty, lyrics leap across the page.

Broken. That is how Norah Williamson would describe herself. Her soul is a canvas wiped clean of any color. The texture of her personality has been scuffed to a mottled tarnish, unrecognizable to her very own family. The crux of Norah's dilemma is uncomplicated. She has no one to blame but herself. Her loss is her own. With an open heart, she gave everything away. So where does she turn when her third marriage comes to a devastating halt. Divorce deprives her of a home and career, not to mention, the man she loves? Victimized for the final time, Norah decides to pick up the pieces of her...

Lyrics pent with emotion and uninhibited by form. An intimate look at Claire's adolescent years of illness and depression. As she struggles to choose life, her words linger on the paper, expressing the spiritual battle so difficult to overcome. Her pen and journal are her only comfort when the world becomes too baffling and damning to engage in.

Reflections can be deadly, at least in the mind of fifteen-year old Norah. Nurtured in an environment of self-hate and passive aggression, she finds comfort in dieting to the point of near starvation. With her family's reassurance, she builds a ladder of rigid willpower only to find the steps too slippery to sustain her. Abandoned by her parents and in the hands of strangers, Norah rages. Her uniquely internal battle is carefully drawn outside of her as she wages war on her imagined captors. In her mind, there is little doubt that there is anything more frightening than the prison of her...

Just in time for her thirtieth birthday, Norah, along with her kindred friend Kat, escape to Thailand for timely nervous breakdowns. Along with wanton good times, a bit of spiritual scrutiny manifests unbidden on their itinerary as they trek through hidden jungles and swim in the crystal blue waters of the South Pacific. Beneath every palm tree is a mysterious man with an eye on these adventurous two, but neither could possibly guess their divine nature. Is it coincidence, or are all of the young, Hebrew men they meet along the way drawn to them for some arcane purpose? A warrior, prophet,...

Out of the hospital and faced with desperate choices, Norah leaves home only to find that she can never escape her family's fate. No matter how far she runs, her family's demon follows her. She is only one step ahead of the Shadow that darkened her doorway as a child. Her first love soon becomes her husband. More of a marriage of convenience than suitability, Norah struggles within her vows, feeling more bound than ever. It is only a matter of time before Norah's first marriage becomes a testament to her weakness, adding another layer to her inherited shame. Norah is nothing if not hopeful....

Haunted by painful memories of her previous marriages, Norah celebrates her thirtieth birthday by fulfilling her childhood longing to move to Alaska. Amidst the backdrop of arctic tundra and wintry escapades, she finds herself in a new land full of unexpected predators. Nothing is what it appears and her efforts at independence and self-discovery are thwarted at every turn. She accepts a teaching position in a remote, bush village in the Yukon and is shocked to find it not the fairytale land she had imagined. When she meets Ian on a weekend getaway, he sweeps her off her feet. Their courtship...