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Sanctuary's Lights
Sanctuary's Lights
Sanctuary's Lights
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What can you do when your childhood is constantly under assault?
When you must always walk over the shattered glass of your reality?
When you are unwanted at home, and by the world?
How can you leave when there is nowhere to go?
This is their existence.

Sydney and her two younger siblings have spent their lives under an umbrella of abuse, of violence, and a revolving door of foster homes due to their mother’s addictions and rage.

No more. It must stop.
They know they must leave.
But with few friends and isolated from family, they have but one difficult choice – a choice they knows will likely tear them apart yet again.

With the help of a new ally, Sydney begins to carve a path towards their freedom. In doing so, she must protect herself, and her siblings, from not only their mother, but from a cold society where reality itself seems to be against them.

Along the way, Sydney begins to wonder if her imaginary friend is more than she appears ...

Based on experiences from the author’s childhood, this is a story that will stay with you long after you’ve put all other thoughts to bed for the night.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherStoni Astley
Release dateApr 11, 2022
ISBN9781005882648
Sanctuary's Lights
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Stoni Astley

Stoni Astley was born in Toronto, Ontario, and spent much of his childhood dragged from city to city and province to province. His inaugural novel, Sanctuary’s Lights, summarizes much of his childhood under the turbulent care of a violent, alcoholic mother, an absent father who abandoned his responsibilities, and a childhood lived across numerous foster homes.Having no guidance, goals, or motivation, he drifted across the years until deciding to give existence a meaning – an endeavor still in progress. He studied nursing (although never obtaining a degree), and worked across a number of vocations stretching from construction to policy analysis.A self-published author, he has a number of series and short stories planned across a span of genres. When not writing, he works, maintains the homestead, and raises his three-year-old ball of energy.Stoni currently resides in Ottawa, Ontario, with his significant other and daughter.Your feedback is important! Your questions (or constructive curses), thoughts, suggestions, or relevant rambles are appreciated.Contact via email:stoniastley@gmail.com

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