From Darkness I Rise

About the Book

Take a journey into a life filled with pain, view a literary portrait of sadness and inner turmoil. Enter the candid reality of a lost soul battling her inner demons. Enter the unique world of a mind scarred by her own thoughts. Feel each intricate emotion felt by the author. Walk the path of hell, look inside her dreams, feel the solace of inner peace she for so long yearned for. Experience the mind of a once self destructive soul, enter the mind of the devil, feel the tears of an angel, enter the soul of a vampire, experience the terror of rage, come face to face with a witch, fly across the sky with a dragon, experience a myriad of emotions depicting the journey of a path filled with anguish and plauged by fear, finally emerging into the light....out of the darkness.

About the Author

Christine Laker was born on April 17, 1979 in Oak Park, IL, a suburb of Chicago. She later moved to a suburb outside of St. Louis, where she currently resides. She is a single mother of two young children. She previously studied Social Work at Quincy University, where she graduated in 2002. She later went on to work with persons with Autism and Autism spectrum disorders. She currently works in the field of mental health, providing symptom management skills, psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery tools for adults afflicted with chronic and severe mental illness, many of whom were previously plagued by alcohol and drug addiction. She strives to instill hope in individuals who at one point had no hope. She teaches others to seek knowledge from a once destructive and broken past, in the hopes that emotional healing is possible. It is her future plan to pursue Psychology and Criminal Justice. Christine began writing at a very young age and someday aspires to publish children’s books. She is a supporter and advocate for women’s rights, disability awareness, racial and cultural equality and ending the stigma surrounding mental illness. She is a promoter of peace and an anti-war advocate. She also strives to promote social awareness and self-esteem in young girls and women.