In the Silence There Are Ghosts: A Novel

By James Calvin Schaap

Slightly jaded from a bitter divorce and years of auditioning for acting jobs in Hollywood, Emily Doorn returns to her sedate hometown of Neukirk, Iowa, ready to raise her children. When Emily's idealism is challenged by the mystery surrounding her older sister's death 25 years earlier, she wonders what the clues will reveal about this woman she never really knew.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801083818
• ISBN13: 9780801083815
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Baker Publishing Group (MI)
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 15 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 10

Customer Reviews

Incredible Honesty!

This book is amazing because unlike other Christian authors Shaap doesn't beat you over the head with sermons. Instead he speaks from deep places, places wrought with pain and love, and in speaking he shows you yourself. Read it and you will find yourself thinking of your life like you have never thought before. The story is enchanting and the characters are so honest, they hurt.

amazing detail!

while reading through this book i got the feeling that i was there. schaap has an amazing talent for capturing the emotion of the moment and the little details that we so often miss even in our own lives. the strong characterizations and indepth look into the thoughts and actions of the characters was amazing. i found this to be one of those books that you rush through, but hate to finish becaue then its done!