Angela Elwell Hunt

After her mother dies, Aurora Norquest finds herself suffering from nightmares, agoraphobia, contemplating suicide, and wondering about the father she has never met, until she meets Philip, who helps her take control of her life and reawakens her faith.

A Novel of Discovery

The Awakening

Angela Hunt

From a Christy Award–winning author: “A wonderful, soul-stirring tale of hope and long-suffering love” (Marlo Schalesky, author of Only the Wind Remembers). Aurora Rose is different from her neighbors, different from most people. Still single at thirty-five, she spends every hour of her time in an elegant Manhattan apartment, quietly caring for her invalid mother. Then her mother dies, and Aurora’s world spins on its axis. Reality shatters into startlingly realistic nightmares, and the shards of troubling memories slice into her sleep. Everything Aurora has believed about herself and her world fades into murky dreams. Something, someone is pursuing her—growing more threatening by the day, testing the limits of her sanity. Will she find the courage to confront her unseen pursuer? Or will she surrender to the destructive melancholy that haunts her days and nights? This psychologically suspenseful story about fear, faith, and finding the way through the darkness is a “lovely tale” from the acclaimed author of Egypt’s Sister and Judah’s Wife (Publishers Weekly).

Jeni Enjaian

This book remains my all-time favorite work of Ms. Hunt's. I love the expert manner in which she expertly weaves together a very real scenario with clear, brilliant allegory. These characters almost jump off the page, living, breathing people. However, one cannot help but realize the allegorical nature of the book. When probed, almost everything turns into meaningful allegory which deepens and enriches the narrative.
This book most definitely survives round two of the purge from my personal collection. Not only that, but I also highly recommend this book.

The Awakening A Novel of Discovery

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