When Every Breath Becomes a Prayer
by Susan Plunket
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Pub Date Dec 15 2015 | Archive Date Apr 08 2016
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The day she returns from her mother's funeral, Georgina discovers her husband Colin's affair. A remote Englishman, he is unsympathetic to the fact that Georgina’s world has been capsized by the death of both her parents and her daughter, Kate’s, suicidal depression and suspected possession.
Already down on her hands and knees, fighting for her child’s life, Colin’s affair lands Georgina face down in the mud. As Kate grows sicker and nothing helps, Georgina descends into a nightmare world where all her assumptions about reality are exploded as she turns for help to an intuitive in Minnesota, a Peruvian archangel channel, an Irish mystic and her own dreams.
Georgina is mystical, Kate is practical. Where Georgina rushes in guided by intuition, Kate thinks things through, observing and sensing their pulse. Only love for her mother keeps Kate from taking her own life, when all she wants, is to beg for death, to end the unbearable pain.
Four women support them on their journey. It is articulate hardboiled Emma, an obituary writer for The Times, who perpetually goads Georgina in the role of side kick and commentator. The wisdom of the crone is offered by Georgina's 80 year old friend Selma. Selma is the daughter of a black share cropper raised in the South before the Civil Rights Act. When Georgina says "If Kate dies, I will die. Did you know love can kill?" Selma tells her "pull up your socks girl, you got to pull up your socks and help your child.” And it is Carrie, the etherial horse therapist, who, when fear grips Georgina by the throat, stealing her voice, reminds her, "worrying is like praying for what you don't want.” And then, there is Julia, Georgina's younger sister. It is Julia who has always sweetened Georgina's life. But it is Julia, and not Kate, who will be sacrificed to death before the story ends.
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Advance Praise
When Every Breath Becomes a Prayer
"A fascinating glimpse into the world of analytical psychology" —Kirkus Review
"The psychological challenges and unraveling events provide suspense, as well as deep introspection and boundless material for contemplation that will keep readers busy long after they turn the last page. Highly Recommended!" — The Columbia Review.
"When Every Breath Becomes a Prayer is the kind of novel that says with you long after you turn the last page. This beautiful book about love and relationships will catapult you into a new awareness of what it means to be human. "—Meadow Linn, co author of The Mystic Cookbook
"Susan Plunket has written a magical book, full of heart. She speaks eloquently to those of us who know there is more to life than meets the eye, and to those of us who are searching for that something more. When Every Breath Becomes a Prayer is a beautiful story of mysticism, heartbreak and love."
—Charmayne Kilcup, Ph.D, soul healer and author
When Every Breath Becomes a Prayer is captivating and compelling storytelling that teaches us how to claim the gift in the grit. A vividly rich novel that you can just sink your whole being into, and characters you can get comfy with who are willing to authentically reveal their inner worlds, reminding us "You don't face off with the dark, you find the light in it."
—Pollyanna Blanco, author of In Rhythm With Your Soul
"At once heart wrenching and heart soaring, When Every Breath Becomes a Prayer is a wise tale of spirit and grace that offers a gentle hand to draw you forward, toward that hallowed space of love beyond love."
—Carrie E. Ruggieri, psychologist
"Susan Plunket's breadth of knowledge as a Jungian psychologist, her words as poetry, and her presence as a spiritual being, shine through on every page of her her brilliant novel, When Every Breath Becomes a Prayer."
—Christen Daniel, M.A. intuitive healer and psychotherapist
"When Every breath Becomes a Prayer is a beautifully crafted novel. As a specialist who works with adolescents and their families, I found this powerful book not only clinically accurate, but also deeply moving in its portrayal of a family finding meaning and transcendence through heartache, laughter and love."
—Monica L. Creelman, Ph.D
"As a spiritual healer, I study and teach about concepts bright and beautiful: the soul, light, love, the inner planes, the matrix. It's easy to intellectualize these ideas in this box, they can't scare us, but neither can they empower and guide us. In her amazing novel, When Every Breath Becomes a Prayer, Susan Plunket employs textured and rich writing — poetry, really — to follow the lives of her all to real characters as these spiritual truths become part of their life journeys. As they learn to follow their dreams, we too, are able to peer around the corner into our own possible futures. As they embrace their sufferings, wringing the light from them, so do we. Susan Plunket shows us how this curiosity called 'life' is itself a spiritual gift."
—Cyndi Dale, renowned intuitive consultant and author of multiple bestselling books, including: The Subtle Body, Energetic Boundaries, The Complete Chakra Healing and The Intuition Guide Book
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| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780985715250 |
| PRICE | $17.95 (USD) |
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