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In Morning Light: The Strength to Begin Again, Gail Harper has always put family first—folding laundry, singing in church, keeping the peace. But when her teenage son, Noah, tries to take his own life, everything she thought she knew comes apart. In the hush of a hospital room, Gail sees the weight of her silence and control.

She faces a choice: stay locked in old patterns or raise her voice against the very things she’s been taught to stomach. As secrets surface and loyalties shift, Gail finds that the hardest truths can also be the ones that free us.

Penelope Lapsley writes with clear-eyed honesty, using small, familiar moments—a spilled glass of milk, a broken hymn — to show how real people break and mend. Readers who have ever felt caught between love and fear will recognize themselves in Gail’s fight to claim her own life, step by careful step.

With warmth and grit, Morning Light proves that sometimes the first brave word is enough to turn a dark night into new day.