Ann Tatlock

Once Beyond a Time Ann Tatlock

It?s 1968, and Sheldon and Meg Crane have just moved their family from Pennsylvania to the small town of Black Mountain, NC. Sheldon, recently ousted from the ministry due to an illicit affair, takes a job as a used car salesman at his brother-in-law s auto dealership. Burdened by his wife?s unforgiveness and his daughter?s resentment over the move to ?Barney Fife country?, Sheldon finds a measure of solace in his eight-year-old son?s ability to cope. After settling into an old house high on the side of a mountain, the family discovers their new home is no ordinary place. Family members occasionally see and speak with the home?s previous residents ? and the ones who will live there in the future. While attempting to come to terms with this portal in the past and future, their son, Digger, suddenly disappears. Was he kidnapped or did Digger wander off into the mountains and become lost? The answer lies in a place once beyond a time ? in a realm where the mysterious power of forgiveness removes sorrow and heals even the most egregious sins.