I have published articles in Newsday, The New
York Times, and The Long-Islander. I am the mother
of five adult children, and the grandmother of
seven. I am married to a New Zealander, and live on
Long Island, where I run Poems to Order, a
home-based business. I write articles for a
newsletter for a community group, am active in my
church as a ruling elder, and am an alto in our
church choir. I frequently travel, visiting stepsons
and their
families in New Zealand and in England, and our
other children in the U.S.
14 year old girl has 4 members of her family
suffer unexpected deaths. Condemned by guardians who
think she is responsible, she is exiled from NZ to
live with relatives in America. A parallel story
concerns a young boy sent to America to live because
of family problems. Maxie’s journey to
self-acceptance and forgiveness is further
complicated when she meets the son of her mother’s
murderer. Colin and Maxie must eventually come to
terms with the truth, and both will learn that
through love, healing can begin.
