An inspirational story where love triumphs when the bond between a mother and child remains unbroken after the death of the child. The book is based on Charlie's experience of losing her son and husband within three years and her ensuing journey of healing in the wake of tremendous personal loss. Through the Darkness, uniquely told as a narrative nonfiction, is a story of grief, transformation, and a mother’s search for answers to our most fundamental questions, including whether the bonds of love can transcend this life and exist in the beyond.

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Through the Darkness blends Charlie’s heart-rending journey with thought-provoking philosophical discussions of spirituality, physics, the human condition, and the afterlife and serves as a road map for navigating through the darkness into a place of renewed hope and purpose in life.