Description
Faith
Twenty-five years old Charlotte Brundle wants to die. She’s been unable to come to terms with her mother’s death fourteen years ago. When her attempted suicide goes wrong, Charlotte is faced with rebuilding her life again.
Hope
Charlotte’s dad, Edward, has lost all hope. He too, still grieves for his beloved wife Eliza. The relationship with his daughter barely exists and when Charlotte is involved in a car accident, he fears she’s gone forever.
Love
Hospital psychologist Simon Birch runs a children’s bereavement organisation called Lucy’s Light. His faith has taught him to overcome life’s problems, you need hope. Without it, everything stops.
But what about love?
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The story starts and ends at Bedruthan Steps, Cornwall. My Mum loved Cornwall which is why I set it in this beautiful county. The idea for the story came to me in a dream in July 1996, days after I’d made the decision I wanted to write an adult fiction book about childhood bereavement. It took me ten years to write the first draft and then returned to it after God laid on my heart it was time whilst visiting Jesus’ baptism site in 2019. Five years later, God nudged me to self-publish my book. Follow me on Instagram : charlottescandle
