VOX
HUMANA: The Human Voice is a heartwarming story of the transforming
power of love, friendship, family and shared human work. As a young
woman, Charlise Howard left rural western Pennsylvania with music in
her soul only to spend her career in Philadelphia as a job counselor
helping others "find their voice". Force-retired at 59, Char feels
spiritually and emotionally adrift as she moves back to her hometown
of Hope.
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An encounter with a former classmate,
now a priest assigned to the struggling Episcopal parish of her
childhood, further shakes her assumptions about the choices that
have led her to this point. The Reverend Robert Sims, it seems, is
battling demons of his own—a past that appears to drive an
insurmountable wedge between priest and his potential parishioner.
At the keyboard of the historic parish pipe organ and
as she helps spearhead a folk-weaving project in the church
undercroft to revitalize her dying town, Char learns to risk the
love and fulfillment that have so long eluded her. Ultimately, the
"Vox" (a stop on the pipe organ intended to evoke the sound of the
human voice) is never meant to be used alone but always in
combination.
The novel becomes a powerful
song of hope for those facing watershed moments in their lives and
for the generations struggling to reconnect with one another.
