by
Kim Vogel Sawyer
Decades of loss. an unsolved Mystery
and a
Rift Spanning Three Generations
Hazel
DeFord is a woman haunted by her past. While berry picking in a
blackberry thicket in 1943, ten year old Hazel momentarily turns her
back on her three year old sister Maggie and the young girl disappears.
Almost
seventy years later, the mystery remains unsolved and the secret guilt
Hazel carries has alienated her from her daughter Diane, who can't
understand her mother's overprotectiveness and near paranoia. While
Diane resents her mother's inexplicable eccentricities, her daughter
Meghan - a cold case agent - cherishes her grandmother's lavish
attention and affection.
When
a traffic accident forces Meghan to take a six-week leave-of-absence to
recover, all three generations of DeFord women find themselves
unexpectedly under the same roof. Meghan knows she will have to act as a
mediator between the two headstrong and contentious women. But when
they uncover Hazel's painful secret will Meghan also be able to use her
investigative prowess to solve the family mystery and help both women
recover all that's been lost? AMAZON BUY LINK
THE AUTHOR: KIM
VOGEL SAWYER is a highly acclaimed, best selling author with more than
one million books in print, in several different languages. Her titles
have earned numerous accolades, including the ACFW Carol Award, the
Inspirational Readers Choice Award, and the Gayle Wilson Award of
Excellence. Kim lives with her retired military husband, Don, in Central
Kansas, where she continues to write gentle stories of hope and
redemption. She enjoys spending time with her three daughters and
grandchildren.AUTHOR WEBSITE
MY THOUGHTS:
Such
a lovely story that will tear at your heart strings and yet, warm your
heart. It goes deep to the soul. As you read this story your emotions
go out to Hazel. She has lived over seventy years with the haunting of
her sister's disappearance. They were both just little girls when it
happened, but Hazel has lived with guilt. Guilt that it was her fault
that in a split second, her little sister disappeared. As the author
takes us into Hazel's life, you want to tell Hazel it wasn't her
fault. She was a little girl. You become so invested in the
character's lives. Hazel became a very protective parent to Diane and
Diane just couldn't understand it. She felt smothered, so a wall was
built between the two. This was a secret that caused this. The secret
that Hazel carried for years. Hazel's grand daughter, Meghan, loves
Hazel and with her experience of being a cold case agent, will she be
able to solve this mystery that has haunted Hazel all these years? When
an automobile accident forces the three women to spend time together,
will the secret come to light? Will Meghan be able to bring the women
together and solve the unsolved mystery that has brought such
unhappiness to them?
This
story may hit home in various ways to different readers. You think of
things that are hidden for years and years. Secrets that split
families apart. Secrets that are so painful and are hidden for years.
Hazel bore a guilt that no little 10 year old should have to bear. A
guilt that spanned over 70 years. As you read you may feel that you
know exactly how the characters felt. The author puts you there as part
of their lives. You may know the pain, the heart ache. Such realism
that brings about various emotions from the reader. The past is the
past and it can't be changed but will these women have a chance to start
anew and savor the future as mothers, daughter, grandmother, and
grand daughter? Often times we won't or can't let go. We find it hard
to let others, even family, know what we feel deep inside. As you near
the end, you know deep inside that there just has to be a solution, but
will there be?
Don't let this book pass you by. Once again Ms. Sawyer has brought a lovely story of LIFE and all it brings.
I received a copy of this book and voluntarily decided to review it.
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