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Light in Blue Shadows


Are you seeking comfort in a time of sorrow?
Are you seeking solace for a friend or relative
who recently lost someone dear?

Breaking the silence that surrounds a parents’ loss of a child, Edie Churchill Hartshorne’s 2008 memoir, Light in Blue Shadows, is an illuminating and honest reflection on death, grief and the human capacity for healing.  In a series of finely rendered vignettes, Hartshorne unfolds the emotional and spiritual odyssey following the unexpected death of her 20 year-old son. “I began writing as a means of survival…” she recounts, “and gradually discovered that the moments I illuminated for myself were useful for others.”

Winner of three national book awards (Indie Excellence®, IPPY and Nautalis), the memoir invites us to come to greater peace with loss in our own lives, and experience our personal pain as a way of participating more fully in grieving and the healing of our world. For those who have lost a loved one, this book will be of great comfort; for those who have not, the writing offers a reminder of the fragile beauty of our lives.

The book is available in the following two formats:

Cover illustration by Nicholas Kirsten Honshin

  
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“I know now that suffering can transform into light, shining through
blue shadows at dawn, that love is more enduring than death.”  
Edie Churchill Hartshorne


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