Jennifer Lawler
Then Will Come Night
and Darkness
ISBN 1-879378-52-3
215 pages, $15.00 (paper)
She got out of FCI Dublin on a warm spring day, with fifty dollars in her pocket and a bruise on her left cheek, wearing a new cotton skirt and a polyester print blouse.
Thus begins the odyssey of Rebecca Hanover, ex-wife,
ex-professor of Old English and ex-con. Driven by a consuming need to be united
with her lost daughter, attending to words echoing from ancient sagas, she
sets out toward the sea on the other side of the country. On the way she finds
a new friend and a little girl in need. Both tempt her back to the present,
away from her quest.
Reviews
"Rebecca Hanover is a heroine for the new millenium—fierce, tough, independent, unsentimental and truthful. She doesn't flinch from the light, but stands firm in her quest for the redemption she sees in the dark. Then Will Come Night and Darkness shows how writing that is crystal-clear can bring light into the darkest corners of the human psyche, illuminating despair and compelling the reader to live and breathe with characters on the way to their destiny."
~ Robert Mouthrop, playwright, author of Half Life
"Then Will Come Night and Darkness is a beautiful, invigorating novel that explores the grief of love and loss. With language both ancient and new, Jennifer Lawler takes us on an unforgettable journey that offers up a new meaning for human resilience and integrity."~ Mary O'Connell, author of Living with Saints
About the Author
Jennifer Lawler pursues the ancient ideal of combining the pen and the sword. She has a Ph.D in medieval literature from the University of Kansas and continues to write on medieval history; she also has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and explores aspects of the martial arts in her writing. As an author, she has published nearly thirty books of non-fiction, including Encyclopedia of the Byzantine Empire, and numerous articles in popular magazines such as Family Circle, Self, and Oxygen. As a teacher and speaker, she encourages women to learn to protect themselves and to persevere through tough times. In addition, she teaches research methods, editing and publishing courses online in the Biomedical Writing Program at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.
Best known among her work is the "Dojo Wisdom" series published by Penguin Compass. The first in the series, Dojo Wisdom: 100 Simple Ways to Become a Stronger, Calmer, More Courageous Person won an outstanding book award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors in 2004. Lawler edits the quarterly magazine of the American Taekwondo Association, ATA World.
Then Will Come Night and Darkness is her first novel. She lives in Kansas with her daughter.
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