The Soul Grows in Darkness

Born nearly deaf in a Chicago ghetto Loren contends with poverty drugs prejudice and terrifying violence. This murky landscape initiates his lifelong search for love God and truth. Answers to his insatiable curiosity about life death and war are rare but dreams and inner dialogues pose provocative questions that guide his journey. Are memories dreams and unconscious promptings only opiates of a mind desperately coping with a chaotic hopeless world? Or do they contain ones truth? The conclusion of this poignant search is astonishing. Poignant funny tragic and uplifting Loren Pedersens new book will be many things to many readers: compelling true-life story inspirational and cautionary tale psychological self-help manual and a chronicle of the second half of the tumultuous twentieth century.