Christmas morning was supposed to be a day of joy for the Calhoun family.
Instead, a devastating tragedy claims the life of young Bryson Calhoun, leaving a family shattered and a grandfather burdened by an unbearable guilt.
In the days and months that follow, grief settles over the family in ways none of them could have imagined. Anger takes the place of affection. Blame threatens relationships that have endured for generations. And the people who once found comfort in one another begin to discover just how far apart heartbreak can drive them.
For Ray and Patty Calhoun, the loss of their son threatens more than their happiness. It tests their marriage, their faith, and their ability to hold together a family coming apart beneath the weight of one terrible morning.
As loyalties are tested and painful choices made, each member of the family must confront a question with no easy answer.
How do you forgive someone for something that can never be undone?
And perhaps the harder question still: How do you forgive yourself?
The Tree Went Dark is a deeply emotional novel about love, loss, guilt, and the fragile bonds that hold families together. It explores the uncomfortable truth that forgiveness doesn't erase what happened, healing doesn't mean forgetting, and sometimes the people we love most are the ones we find hardest to forgive.
Because some tragedies don't end when the worst is over. They continue in the lives of everyone left behind.
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Micah House is an award-winning Southern author, whose character-driven novels cross multiple genres exploring the deeper emotions of human experience and the complicated ways we love, grieve, survive, forgive, and sometimes fail one another-usually with a healthy dose of humor along the way. Whether writing domestic fiction, contemporary fantasy, horror, or Southern family drama, House places character at the center, combining emotional intimacy with humor, suspense, and, when the story calls for it, haunting imagery.
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. One Christmas morning. One unspeakable tragedy. A family forever changed.The Calhoun family's joyous holiday erupts into horror when a freak accident outside their home leaves their youngest child dead - crushed beneath the wheels of his grandfather's car. What follows is a devastating unraveling of familial bonds, personal guilt, and the fragile threads that hold grief-stricken people together.Told through multiple perspectives with heart-wrenching intimacy, The Tree Went Dark is a haunting exploration of loss, blame, and the silence that follows unbearable trauma. Micah House delivers a story so visceral and emotionally honest, it will stay with you long after you turn the final page.After the death of his young grandson Bryson, George Calhoun fears he will never be be forgiven by his son Ray or Ray's wife Patty when George cannot even forgive himself. As the family falls into darkness in the aftermath of the tragedy, each Calhoun shrinks into themselves rather than coming together as a family to heal. Ray Calhoun cannot bring himself to see his father again. His wife Patty busies herself with menial tasks as she rejects her faith. And the three remaining Calhoun children fall into their own distractions from grief which could lead one to destruction.The Calhoun family must find a path towards healing and moving forward, but first they must each find a way to forgive themselves.A novel of heartbreak, humanity, and the long road toward healing. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798992215786
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. One Christmas morning. One unspeakable tragedy. A family forever changed.The Calhoun family's joyous holiday erupts into horror when a freak accident outside their home leaves their youngest child dead - crushed beneath the wheels of his grandfather's car. What follows is a devastating unraveling of familial bonds, personal guilt, and the fragile threads that hold grief-stricken people together.Told through multiple perspectives with heart-wrenching intimacy, The Tree Went Dark is a haunting exploration of loss, blame, and the silence that follows unbearable trauma. Micah House delivers a story so visceral and emotionally honest, it will stay with you long after you turn the final page.After the death of his young grandson Bryson, George Calhoun fears he will never be be forgiven by his son Ray or Ray's wife Patty when George cannot even forgive himself. As the family falls into darkness in the aftermath of the tragedy, each Calhoun shrinks into themselves rather than coming together as a family to heal. Ray Calhoun cannot bring himself to see his father again. His wife Patty busies herself with menial tasks as she rejects her faith. And the three remaining Calhoun children fall into their own distractions from grief which could lead one to destruction.The Calhoun family must find a path towards healing and moving forward, but first they must each find a way to forgive themselves.A novel of heartbreak, humanity, and the long road toward healing. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798992215786
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