The Light Through the Leaves, Glendy Vanderah
The Light Through the Leaves, Glendy Vanderah
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The Light Through the Leaves

Author: Glendy Vanderah

Narrator: Susannah Jones

Unabridged: 14 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/01/2021


Synopsis

Go on a powerful journey of forgiveness and healing with The Light Through the Leaves, a transcendent novel of love, loss, and self-discovery by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Where the Forest Meets the Stars.One unbearable mistake at the edge of the forest.In a moment of crisis, Ellis Abbey leaves her daughter, Viola, unattended—for just a few minutes. But when she returns, Viola is gone. A breaking point in an already fractured marriage, Viola’s abduction causes Ellis to disappear as well—into grief, guilt, and addiction. Convinced she can only do more harm to her family, Ellis leaves her husband and young sons, burying her desperate ache for her children deeper with every step into the mountain wildernesses she treks alone.In a remote area of Washington, a young girl named Raven keeps secrets inside, too. She must never speak to outsiders about how her mother makes miracles spring from the earth, or about her father, whose mysterious presence sometimes frightens her. Raven spends her days learning how to use her rare gifts—and more important, how to hide them. With each lesson comes a warning of what dangers lie in the world beyond her isolated haven. But despite her mother’s cautions, Raven finds herself longing for something more.As Ellis and Raven each confront their powerful longings, their journeys will converge in unexpected and hopeful ways, pulled together by the forces of nature, love, and family.

About Glendy Vanderah

Glendy Vanderah is the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Amazon Charts bestselling author of Where the Forest Meets the Stars. Glendy worked as an avian biologist before she became a writer. Originally from Chicago, she now lives in rural Florida with her husband and as many birds, butterflies, and wildflowers as she can lure to her land. For more information, visit www.glendyvanderah.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Susan's Reviews on September 19, 2024

Picture this: Ellis watches distractedly as her twin sons are catching tadpoles from the river that runs through Wild Wood - a forested area close to the trailer park she had grown up in. Her newborn daughter, Viola, lies tranquilly in her child carrier. This forest had always soothed Ellis's aching......more

Goodreads review by Farrah on April 05, 2021

Man oh man, Glendy Vanderah's books really know how to kick me right in the feels. I ADORED Where The Forest Meets The Stars and now she's given me this gorgeous, uplifting book. Of course it begins with tragedy, since UP can't exist without DOWN. Ellis is a young mother of three when her infant dau......more

Goodreads review by jessica on May 12, 2021

true to GV style, this story is an ode to nature. its an appreciation for our environment and how the comfort it lends can lead us to the most insightful and human of moments. i really enjoyed this. i will say that one major component of the story is very predictable. when it got to the moment of th......more

Goodreads review by Regina on September 07, 2021

I was one of the few readers who wasn’t completely enamored with Glendy Vanderah’s Where the Forest Meets the Stars, but glowing reviews made me want to give the author a second chance with The Light Through the Leaves. Well the light shone through the leaves and revealed… everything but the kitchen......more

Goodreads review by Canadian Jen on May 17, 2021

We say we would never do that! How could anyone possibly do it? We shame; we judge. Ellis, is a woman destroyed. While being emotionally distraught, she was putting her kids in the car, and forgot the baby. She turned around a mile later and the baby was gone. Abducted. Addiction becomes her means to......more


Quotes

“A memorable story of love’s healing power.” Publishers Weekly“A unique page-turner of remarkable richness, a tale of unthinkable trauma and the powerful, steady healing to be found in the natural world. I love the women in Vanderah’s novels, women who are allowed to be as flawed and raw and brave and fierce as men. And I loved the unfolding layers in this book, layers of love and disaster, secrets and longings, mothers and children, and always, nature as the steady backdrop to all life, offering the hope of renewal at all turns. Exquisite.” —Barbara O’Neal, USA Today bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids“Glendy Vanderah’s love for nature shines through in this captivating story about love and loss and carrying on in the face of tragedy. Bursting with extraordinary moments of magic and beauty, it is an enchanting story that tugged at my heartstrings from the very first page and did not let go.” —Suzanne Redfearn, bestselling author of In an Instant