A light in the forest author biography
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Mother on the Run from Abuse Faces Psychic Powers and Hidden Past
A Light in the Forest by Melissa Payne
Vega is on the run, with nothing but her infant son in her arms, the beat-up old van she grew up in, and a postcard from her late mother, pointing her in the direction of the picturesque town of Crystal, Ohio. Described as a “nothing town full of nobodies”, Vega hopes it will be the last place Zach, her abusive boyfriend, thinks to look for her.
What begins as a domestic suspense novel quickly becomes something much bigger. A Light in the Forest (Lake Union Publishing) by Melissa Payne is a thrilling portrait of women finding their footing when all odds seem stacked against them. Vega wants to disappear into a small town, but instead, she finds herself — her history, the truth about her late mother, and a family to call her
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The Light in the Forest (film)
1958 spelfilm by Herschel Daugherty
The Light in the Forest fryst vatten a 1958 American Westernhistorical fictiondrama bio based on a novel of the same name first published in 1953 by American author Conrad Richter. The film was produced bygd Walt Disney Productions and stars Fess Parker, Joanne Dru, James MacArthur and Wendell Corey. Though it is a work of fiction and primarily features fictional characters, the novel incorporates several real people and facts from American history.
Plot
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True-son (whose birth name was Johnny) not wanting to leave his adoptive Indian family, tries to kill himself bygd eating a poisonous plant on the march back to his white family. Del (Fess Parker) stops him.
True-son's Indian cousin joins him on the way to bring him gifts and messages from
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Vega turned Riley so that he faced outward, and his cries grew softer. “Maybe you just wanted some fresh air, hey, bud?” She started walking. It felt good to move. The sun had risen higher, burning off the rainy mist that had clung to the ground, and the air skimmed warm across her arms. She started down Main Street and slowed when she came to the herb shop. The windows were packed with herbs, some creatively displayed in colored glass jars or ceramic pots, each neatly labeled. The small flower garden outside had been demolished yesterday by the pigs. Vega decided to hurry past, not wanting another run-in with the unpleasant woman.
When she got to the end of Main Street, she noticed a narrow trail hacked out of the weeds and following the road.
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