Falling into the Sun: A Novel [Paperback]

Charrie Hazard (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 15, 2009

When Kate Nardek discovers her neighbor’s suicide, she feels only horror and despair. She doesn’t know the tragedy will spawn new hope for both her troubled son and her long-forgotten dreams.

Falling into the Sun explores spiritual truths of Hindu, Native American and Judeo-Christian traditions as it unfolds the spiritual journey of a mother intent on helping her increasingly volatile, bipolar son. This life-affirming and powerfully uplifting story not only celebrates the strength and courage of the human spirit but also testifies to love’s never-ending ability to triumph.

This honest, heart-felt novel not only chronicles a mother’s journey to save her son, it reveals the remarkable ability of the human spirit to forgive, heal and love.
―Wendy Walker, author of Four Wives;
editor, Chicken Soup for the Soul—Power Moms

Gold Recipient of the Mom's Choice Awards!
Falling Into The Sun is a gold recipient of the prestigious Mom's Choice Award. The Mom's Choice Awards honors excellence in family-friendly media, products and services. An esteemed panel of judges includes education, media and other experts as well as parents, children, librarians, performing artists, producers, medical and business professionals, authors, scientists and others. A sampling of the panel members includes: Dr. Twila C. Liggett, ten-time Emmy-winner, professor and founder of PBS's Reading Rainbow; Julie Aigner-Clark, Creator of Baby Einstein and The Safe Side Project; Jodee Blanco, and New York Times best-selling Author; LeAnn Thieman, coauthor of seven Chicken Soup For The Soul books.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Charrie Hazard, an award-winning journalist, worked as an investigative reporter and then as an editorial writer and op-ed columnist for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, before leaving journalism to pursue teaching and fiction writing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 363 pages
• Publisher: Spoonbill Cove Press (July 15, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 098154102X
• ISBN-13: 978-0981541020
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,534,918 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Searching for Answers - A Mother's Love, July 19, 2009

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Tammie Lindeberg "Tammie Lindeberg" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Falling into the Sun: A Novel (Paperback)

Falling into the Sun follows a parental path that gives a startling view of what life is like for a parent on an incredible quest to save a child. It is during this journey seeking knowledge that will keep her son off of a path of destruction that Kate's own heart is strengthened and opened by an amazing series of events. Kate's struggles and trials with her son Josh may not be typical. However, the ultimate goal of finding the spirit within that will lead us to a greater knowledge is an inspiration to all who read Charrie Hazard's touchingly told story of a mother's deep love and search for answers.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Parental Courage, July 17, 2009

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Charles F. Hawkins (Albuquerque, New Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Falling into the Sun: A Novel (Paperback)

Falling into the Sun bares the raw parental confrontation with raising a child who is more than a teenage problem, but one that shows raw violent, confrontation followed by remorse. Bedroom doors are locked at night to protect sisters. Only one who has lived this can truly understand what Hazard is describing. Hazard writes well emptying her inner thoughts to analyze the complex dynamics. You live the experience as you read it. It gave me the feeling that I am not alone in struggling with an out of control child.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fall into this Book, July 14, 2009

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Angie Jones "Double Ray Press" (Palmetto, Fla.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Falling into the Sun: A Novel (Paperback)

This poignant novel is a doorway to a deeper dimension of life and spirit. Through an alchemy of science, faith and art, Charrie Hazard expands a reader's understanding of mental disorders, personal relationships, ambition, love, life and afterlife. If you turn each page with an open heart and mind, you will witness two neighbors' interconnected tumble into separate destinies. Buy it. Read it. Return to it through your years. "Falling into the Sun" soars.