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The Dark Night of the Soul
Paperback
General FictionLiterary Fiction
ISBN13: 9780645680355
Publisher: Mal Stevens
Published: Jan 1 2026
Pages: 346
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.77 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
'condemnant quo non intellegunt'
After devastating loss and betrayal, Lena Newcombe finds herself navigating the aftermath of a life she no longer recognises. Widowed, wounded, and emotionally unmoored, she moves through grief not as a single event but as a landscape - one shaped by memory, longing, anger, and the slow, fragile work of survival.
The Dark Night of the Soul is a literary novel about womanhood, trauma, and the quiet resilience required to begin again. As Lena confronts the ghosts of her marriage, past loves, and the identities she has worn to survive, she learns that healing does not arrive as a grand transformation, but through small, ordinary acts: tending a garden, walking beside the sea, listening to her daughter's laughter, and choosing herself again and again.
Set against an unmistakably Australian backdrop, this psychologically rich and emotionally intimate story explores love after loss, motherhood, emotional recovery, and the enduring strength of women who rebuild their lives from the inside out.
Poetic, raw, and deeply human, The Dark Night of the Soul is a novel for readers drawn to reflective women's fiction - a testament to the truth that even after the darkest night, a single ember can still light the way forward.
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