For women who’ve asked, “Is this all there is?” Her novel Morning Light follows a mother choosing her son over a perfect lie. Real. Unflinching.
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Gail Harper spent years swallowing her voice to keep the peace. But when her teenage son’s overdose shatters their world, she faces the truth: her silence broke them.
Morning Light follows a mother fighting hospitals, courts, and her own guilt to save her child. No heroes here — just real women choosing themselves when staying means drowning.
For readers who know love sometimes means walking away. Penelope Lapsley shines a clear light on the small moments that hold us together and tear us apart. Morning Light shows how one mother learns to use her own voice — and why it can make all the difference.
Each of these two books show the profound damage exacted on women and children caused when domestic violence lays its brutal and dark hand on them. Take heed!
Fear raced through her–every intuitive sense within her shouted. The silk she wore stuck to her skin, as sweat trickled between her breasts…she had made a fateful error…yet again. Cara looked into the cold blue eyes of her husband of three months–her fourth husband. She saw now that he had planned it all! It showed clearly in the callously smug look on his face, an expression he made no attempt to conceal. The coldness that lay in the depths of his blue eyes, eyes he made no effort to avert. How could this be happening? One tragic experience after another. Her thoughts raced through all the minute signs, the innuendos of warning. The subtle nuances of danger. She had disregarded them all. The fancy cars; the lavish spending, the trips to Europe… all a ruse. The pressure to marry him…his words echoed in her mind: I can’t do this much longer, make up your mind. She hadn’t even asked him what that meant, she only assumed him to be consumed by love and passion…that is what he had said. She had been battered and abused beyond her imagination.
Penelope Lapsley writes for women who’ve swallowed their words. She hold a Bachelor’s degree in English (Oakwood University) and a Master’s in Instructional Design (Western Governors University), she pens stories where pain meets honesty. Her pieces in Fabric of Faith felt like a friend whispering, “I see you.” Her novel Morning Light grew from watching women choose themselves when life demanded it. Inspired by truth-tellers like Maya Angelou, Penelope’s writing feels like a deep talk with a friend who gets it. When not writing, she teaches, listens, and finds peace in early mornings.
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