Children of Light

Andre Deutsch, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 294 pages. The author utilizes plot elements from Kate Chopin's The Awakening to create a darkly textured, powerful Hollywood novel. First edition (first printing). Precedes US edition by a week. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

I remember as a little boy, I wanted so much to be able to think like a grownup. I figured that I'd be able to answer any question that ever came up, to solve any problem that ever came up, and to help anybody who needed help - including those who needed help but didn't even know it! When things got difficult I'd ask myself, "How would I deal with this if I were grown, as an adult?" I became very serious as a child, even considered precocious, mature, and wise beyond my years.

When I was around seventeen I decided that I would no longer be in such a hurry to grow up, that adulthood seemed full of a lot more (and worse) problems and troubles than childhood, and that life certainly was already complicated enough just being seventeen. Still, I was very serious and everything was still so important. We were all supposed to be deciding what we wanted out of life and doing our (age- appropriate) best to start in that direction.

I remember my dreams changing. I could no longer fly, or run like the wind, or catch a falling star (to put in my pocket and save for a rainy day). I remember how rational thought took over in my dreams, while I tried to figure out what was going on all the time and what was the significance of it all. And, since I had already stopped praying in the wakeful state, there was no room for God in my dreams, I figured.

Heather Macauley represents a welcomed new addition to the great storytellers of the human spirit. DEEPAK CHOPRA, Author, The Return of Merlin

Children of Light is a thrilling fantasy-adventure that opens the heart and mind, and takes the reader on a journey of infinite possibilities. JACK CANFIELD, Author, Chicken Soup for the Soul

Children of Light powerfully enlightens us on universal truths: God's consciousness as the ultimate reality; Love - it's essence; and Forgiveness the pathway. A masterpiece! BRUNO CORTIS, M.D., Author, Heart and Soul