Sylvia Dorty Threlkeld

Climb from Darkness Sylvia Dorty Threlkeld

Set in the 1950s, this fictionalized story is based on fact. It tells of the struggles of a family that deals with problems based on Christian principles. The daughter of a prominent pastor in Dallas, Texas, Eileen lives through a challenging childhood and finds herself pregnant as a teenager. Difficult choices alter her mental, emotional, and physical health, lasting into her adult years. This not only affects her immediate family but also her personality, job status, future husband, and children.

For a while, she fills an inner void with activities, including hitchhiking with her husband, becoming stranded in a blazing desert, surviving a train derailment and destructive hurricane, and staying in a deserted hotel. All these experiences stir buried conflicts. After a life-threatening breakdown, she comes to faith in Christ through the ministry of Dr. Tim F. LaHaye. She finds healing for herself and her parents, gaining a new purpose for living.

This story will help many families avoid the pitfalls plaguing our culture today. It offers suggestions on such issues as suicidal and murderous thoughts, anger, claustrophobia, punishment, relationships, and why we act the way we do.