Darkness Into Light

by Natasha Peters

The story of Theodora Lowery's poverty-stricken childhood in a Colorado mining town where her mother dreamed of glamour and died to give her daughter a chance at that dream.

Theodora grows up living a life of luxury as a ward of the spoiled actress and New York socialite, Fiona Randall, and the protegee of carefree Evan Randall, and eventually falls in love with a man she could not have.

In both America in the early 1930's and during the Spanish Civil War, Theodora is a socially concerned photographer who is one with a people eager to live and willing to die for justice and freedom.

In an age when those around her didn't know fantasy from truth, Theodora's camera helped her perceive all of life as she sought the courage to turn her dreams into luminous reality.

459 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Natasha Peters is a pesudonym for Elizabeth Jordan, who also wrote as Anastasia Cleaver.

Her ideas for her books have taken her to many foreign lands in the East and West, and through the volumes of history and biography. She was also an actress, an artist, a singer, and loved to grow roses.

Reviews

[Jewel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've gone through about half of Natasha Peters' backlist at this point, and I'm learning now not to expect any particular genre when I open her books. I was expecting a bodice ripper, or at least a gothic romance. Instead, I got a literary fiction novel about politics, generational trauma, and the consequences of war. It was honestly a very heavy, emotionally draining read. I loved it, but it's not a book I'd reread anytime soon.

TW: Graphic depictions of war and murder, sexual assault, graphic on page descriptions of suicide, racism, graphic on page descriptions of child abuse

[Jiji · Rating 5 out of 5]

No one writes like Natasha Peters🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[Marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my all time favorite book.