by
Lisa Beth Darling
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GENRE:
Family centered drama
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As
Hannah recovers from emergency brain and heart surgery, memories of
the past overtake her dreams with such clarity they cannot be denied.
As the last of the painful family secrets come to light it's up to
her brother, Doctor Richard Mason, and his unconventional methods to
help her confront the ugliness.
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Excerpt :
Tonight
Betsey left early to get ready for a banquet dinner for her son's
football team and Mason was up to his eyeballs in a new case that was
baffling him. After a very short phone call telling Hannah he was
apt to be very late, he didn't have time to check in with her.
Alone in
the house, Hannah entertained herself with the piano but without much
heart when the phone began to ring. That was odd, Ricky's phone
almost never rang during the day unless it was him calling and he'd
already done that telling her that someone was very sick and needed
him so he'd probably be very late tonight not to wait up for him and
that he'd be home as soon as he could.
Staring
at the ringing cordless phone in its cradle, she wheeled herself over
to it to answer it wishing she could understand the words on the
caller ID, "Hello?"
No one
said anything. Perhaps the person on the other end thought they had
the wrong number as they were expecting a man to answer the phone?
"Hello…May-son…Res-i-den-ce."
Still no
one said anything though the line appeared open and she even thought
she could hear someone breathing on the other end.
"Is…some-one…there?"
When no
one answered on her third try, Hannah clicked the little green button
to disconnect the line before putting the phone back in the charger,
chalking it up to a wrong number and a rude person who couldn't say
'hello'.
Outside
it started to rain and through the window, she saw the yellow school
bus pulling up to the curb just a few doors down. Hannah rolled over
to the window to place the palm of her hand on the cool glass and
watch the children get off the bus.
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**SPOILER FREE**
I can not say just how much this book is completely amazing!!! The emotions are strong felt while reading! Your heart strings are pulled on hard. The characters and the plot of the story will take you through levels of high and lows but just make sure have a box or two of tissue.
*Received for an honest review*
I can not say just how much this book is completely amazing!!! The emotions are strong felt while reading! Your heart strings are pulled on hard. The characters and the plot of the story will take you through levels of high and lows but just make sure have a box or two of tissue.
*Received for an honest review*
It was
in the 4th grade when Lisa Beth Darling discovered she was a
naturally gifted writer. For her very first creative writing
assignment, the teacher asked the class to pen a story about a baby
bird's first flight and read them to the class. Putting pencil to
paper, Lisa was instantly whisked away by a force she couldn't
explain. When they were finished, all of the children read their
happy stories to the class. Not Lisa. She got up and told of how the
baby bird flew too high, hit a plane, crashed to the ground and died.
She told of how the mama bird and daddy bird cried of how even God
was upset sending the rains pouring from the sky. The class was
speechless when she finished all they could do was stare at her. The
teacher kept her after class told her the story was very good but it
was different from the others. She asked Lisa if she'd ever heard of
Icarus and had she based her story on him. Lisa had yet to encounter
Greek Mythology or hear a whisper of Icarus. As Lisa left the
classroom the teacher again told her how good the story was but
suggested she might want to write something happier next time.
Perplexed, Lisa turned and asked her teacher: "Why?" The
teacher had no answer. Luckily for us, Lisa never took that teacher's
advice.
Today
she brings us complex multi-layered stories rich with the trials and
tribulations that make up the world in which we live. Not one to be
pigeonholed into any single genre, Lisa's stories revolve around the
intricacies of couples from range the intimacy of lovers, to mothers
and sons, and brothers and sisters.
Lisa
Beth Darling is 49 years-old, lives in her hometown of New London, CT
with her husband of nearly 30 years, Roy. She is the author of more
than fifteen novels along with several short stories and non-fiction
books.
Author
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