About In the Land of the Living: A Novel:
A DEEPLY CATHARTIC EXPLORATION INTO THE HUMAN CONDITION
There is an unrelenting presence that stirs a restless longing within Duncan. A longing to know the truth…His new stepfather, James, is an unwelcomed addition to his life. No amount of time or distance seems to be able to heal the deep-seated bitterness that strains their relationship. It only forces him to grapple with a childhood he would rather forget. Yet, all the while, God has not forgotten Duncan or the pain he suffers. In fact, He has been the One purposefully orchestrating it all, both calamity and blessing.
How can God turn such turmoil into something beautiful and good? Duncan’s life is one such example that answers this very question, albeit in an unexpected way. Told in vignettes, this evocative story of trauma, grief, and forgiveness shines an honest light on the corruption and hope of the human spirit.
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Author Bio:
A.T. Lischak was born and orphaned in L’viv, Ukraine in 1998. He and his twin brother were adopted one year later by American parents. Lischak grew up in the small town of Brookfield, Ohio until he went to college at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. There, he received a bachelors degree in Pastoral Studies in 2021. After an eight-month gap season in New Hampshire, he moved to Owensboro, Kentucky, where he currently lives. He is a member of Grace Reformed Baptist Church.
Lischak began writing this story in 2016 at the age of seventeen.