{"product_id":"book-2bv5","title":"Toward the Light","description":"What happens when the City of Light turns dark?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt twenty-two, Deborah Svec-Carstens leaves small-town Iowa for Paris, hoping a year\u003cbr\u003eabroad will bring adventure, independence, and a fresh start. But just as she begins to\u003cbr\u003efeel at home, a morning run ends in sexual assault.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery instinct tells her to leave. Instead, she chooses to stay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the months pass, Deborah leans on an unexpected community of friends, wrestles\u003cbr\u003ewith questions of faith, and finds purpose in caring for Lily, the young girl entrusted to\u003cbr\u003eher care. Slowly, she discovers that healing is not a destination, but a path taken one\u003cbr\u003estep at a time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet against the cafés, parks, and neighborhoods of Paris, Toward the Light is a coming-of-\u003cbr\u003eage memoir of trauma, resilience, and the courage of simply staying.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Powerful … [Explores] the soul-shifting loss of innocence and the beginning\u003cbr\u003esteps toward healing.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Julie Cantrell, New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of Crescendo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A story of resilience, spirit, and community … will leave you feeling hopeful and\u003cbr\u003einspired.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Debra Landwehr Engle, bestselling author of The Only Little Prayer You Need and\u003cbr\u003eTwenty\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Author's Republic","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67610495123760,"sku":"BD2bv5","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/2bv5-Square-cover.jpg?v=1787716896","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-2bv5","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}