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In the Heart of the Dark Wood - 9781401690090

Un libro in lingua di Billy Coffey edito da Thomas Nelson Inc, 2014

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A motherlessgirl hungry for hope . . . and the dream that could be leading her astray.

Almost two yearshave passed since twelve year-old Allie Granderson’s beloved mother Marydisappeared into the wild tornado winds. Her body has never been found. God mayhave spilled out his vengeance on all of Mattingly that day—but it was Allie’smomma who got swept away.

Allie clings tomemories of her mother, just as she clings to the broken compass she leftbehind, the makeshift Nativity scene assembled in Allie’s front yard, and toher best friend, Zach. But even with Zach at her side, the compass tied to herwrist, and the Nativity characters just a glimpse out the window, Allie cannothelp but feel lost in all the growing up that must get done.

When the HolyMother disappears from the yard one morning, Allie's bewilderment is checkedonly by the sudden movement of her mother's compass. Yet the compass isn'tpointing north but east . . . into the inky forest on the outskirts ofMattingly.

Following theneedle, Allie and Zach leave the city pavement behind and push into the line oftrees edging on the Virginia hill country. For Allie, the journey is more thana ghost hunt: she is rejoining the mother she lost—and finding herself witheach step deeper into the heart of the darkest woods she's ever seen.

Brimming withlyrical prose and unexpected discoveries, In the Heart of the Dark Wood illustratesthe steep transition we all must undergo—the moment we shed our child-likeselves and step into the strange territory of adulthood.

"The Devil Walks in Mattingly . . . recallsFlannery O'Conner with its glimpses of the grotesque and supernatural. Thestory unwinds slowly and with a convincing voice that draws the reader deepinto the unexplainable." —BookPage

“Billy Coffey is one of the most lyrical writers of our time. . . we leave his imaginary world hungry for more, eager for another servingof Coffey’s tremendous talent.” —Julie Cantrell, NewYork Times and USA TODAYbestselling author of Into the Freeand When Mountains Move (on The Devil Walks in Mattingly)

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