Beyond the Locket: Surviving Parental Separation [Audio CD]

Locket is an allegory, reminiscent of Richard Bach's Jonathan Livingston Seagull and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince—two marvelous tales reaching adult and child alike. Locket is set in the Middle Ages—which turns out to have been a world, while less advanced, differing not much from our own. The book vividly portrays the emotional impact divorce has on a Little Princess whose world is shattered by it; what she does to survive that; and the ensuing path she takes to find a fuller and happier adult life. There are no villains in Locket, only unintended circumstances that spin a tragic web—a web that, in time, turns a well-loved and loving child into a beautiful woman; but one whose heart is frozen hard by the fear and guilt brought on by her parents' separation. How that change comes to pass makes for an unexpected and compelling ending.