Publisher: Ylva
Lois
C. Hart does not issue books as frequently as some authors, but when she does
have one come out the reader can be sure that it will be an interesting story
that is well produced. Walking
the Labyrinth continues that pattern.
The
death of her wife from cancer has caused Lee Glenn to descend into a private
hell where she doesn’t eat, doesn’t leave her house and has cut herself off
from everything. Her life has come to a
shocking halt until her friends finally stage an intervention and she is forced
back into the world. Lee and her partner
in a successful private security company decide she will take on a protection
detail for a spoiled ex-model who says she is afraid of her husband. This should be an easy assignment to help Lee
ease back into things because the client wants to return to a remote part of
Canada where she was raised. Lee doesn’t
realize she is about to meet a unique group of people who are going to help
restore her soul.
Lee
Glenn, a woman in her sixties, is about to discover that there is life after
disaster. Her guide on that trip will be
Gaelle Germaine, the spoiled model’s mystical, spiritual mother. Gaelle is building a labyrinth to help with
her meditation and she coaxes Lee into helping her with the job. Lee thinks spiritualism is “hooey,” but
Gaelle is fascinating. Just as feelings
develop between them, Lee discovers something about Gaelle that is horrifying
and it causes her to flee from what can only be more pain. Lee isn’t the same person however and she
cannot forget what she has learned from Gaelle.
Now the question is, is she strong enough to follow a new sense of
being?
Where to start with the wonderful things about this book? First, the story is about older characters. This is particularly enjoyable in a genre that seems to be dominated by younger people who are just beginning the lessons that older women have completed. The book also has a very appealing spiritual quality to it. It doesn’t advocate any particular system, but opens the reader to probing thoughts and questions that can be pondered outside of the book. The characters are also interesting. Many people have known someone who has been destroyed by the tragedies of life. They also know that calm, reassuring person who seems to radiate wisdom from a place deep inside. These are the people you want to be like when you meet them, if you can just figure out how they developed that state of being. And all of this is wrapped up in a story that is completely understandable. No convoluted vocabulary or esoteric ideas that confuse the reader and get in the way of the message.
Lois
Hart isn’t finished writing yet, but Walking the Labyrinth may turn out
to be her magnum opus. If so, she couldn’t
hope for any better.
This
is a highly recommended book. Read it
and prepare to go on a journey of your own discovery.
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