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Before the Church Bells

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Before the Church Bells

By: Grace Whitlow
Narrated by: Hannah Goodwin
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Before the Church Bells is a quiet, emotionally resonant novel about devotion, choice, and the lives we build by staying.

For nearly four decades, Maggie Brennan has been the steady heart of Grace Point Community Church—organizing records, keeping traditions alive, and holding the quiet stories of a town together. As retirement approaches, Maggie finds herself facing a silence she never planned for: the loss of purpose, the weight of memory, and questions she believed were long settled.

When she discovers a hidden collection of letters written by the man she loved before her marriage—letters never sent, never meant to be read—Maggie must reckon with a past she chose to leave behind and a future she never imagined.

This is a story about lifelong love, faith tested not by crisis but by time, and the courage it takes to honor the life you lived without being imprisoned by what might have been.

Written for listeners who value emotional depth, reflective pacing, and faith expressed through lived experience rather than easy answers.

©2025 Grace Whitlow (P)2026 Grace Whitlow
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