Christine Farow-Noble’s new book, Openings Will Come, created with the help of Y42K Publishing Services. is available in paperback and for the Kindle and many other ebook vendors.
Julia Bauer, a 22-year-old first-year art teacher in a native school, lives with her parents and brother Paul in southern Arizona. After a tragic accident and a personal disappointment, Julia agrees to accompany her grieving mother to visit her sister Elizabeth in New Harmony, Indiana. She enjoys gardening with the community around a new labyrinth, but uncharacteristic behavior by her mother and revelations about family history astonish her. An unexpected invitation offers an opportunity to teach art in a fishing village in Scotland where they actively use a stone labyrinth. There her life deepens in complexity around social clashes, the labyrinth, relationships with a local family, and indecision about next steps in her life.