Of Silence & Sound: The Story of True Soulmates and Their Journey across the Waves

Of Silence & Sound is a raw and rare first person account of the story of Violet, a desperate and passionate teenage girl who is not like the others. In heartbreaking contrast to her inner struggle, she maintains her sanity with wit, as she falls further out of tune with her monotonous school landscape, her strained friendship, and her fading family. Her escape is her music, until the symphony of a voice comes crashing into her soul. But soon, even that edges her to a chasm of silence as she must harbor a secret which no one can possibly comprehend. Softly, almost inaudibly, this secret emerges as the one thing which could save her, if only she could allow it to be heard...

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Violet woke up on her 18th birthday expecting it to be pretty much like any other day. It was not. First, her dad was gone...again. Then her mom kept defending him--like it was okay for him to be "at work" this much. Thank goodness she had her little brother so there was at least one other sane family member. Of course school was boring, as usual, but then, as the worst birthday of her life wound down, something happened. She heard the voice of a boy.

Soon, she came to know him as Noah. They could hear each other's thoughts, even though they were in different countries, separated by thousands of miles of land and waves. Despite the mystery and beauty of her relationship with Noah, the rest of her life continued to dive into chaos and silence.

Violet knew she was either insane, or hopelessly in love with someone she could never meet. As her world broke into more and more pieces, something happened which would change everything. Violet was left with nothing but the passion and courage to try desperately to make her dream of a happy ending come true.