Echoes of the Boab

<p><strong>In the silence after loss some voices still find a way to be heard.</strong></p><p>Twelve-year-old Owen doesn't fit easily into the world. His temper flares too quickly his words come out wrong and since the accident everything feels harder-especially seeing. Forced to start over in the small town of Wanooni Owen is weighed down by grief guilt and a growing fear that he's beyond saving.</p><p>But life has a way of breaking through the cracks. When Owen meets Jo and Derek he's reluctantly drawn into their world-and into Goalball a sport for the vision-impaired that challenges not only his body but his pride. Still it's the quiet presence of a mysterious woman whose words echo those of his mother that begins to help him piece together the strength he thought he lost.</p><p>As Owen learns to trust to play and to feel again he discovers that healing doesn't mean forgetting-and that sometimes the strongest roots are the ones buried deep beneath the surface.</p><p><em>Echoes of the Boab is a heartfelt story of resilience friendship and the quiet power of love that lingers even when everything else has changed.</em></p><p><strong><em>You don't have to see everything to find your way.</em></strong></p>