She'll risk anything to save her child...even the truth.
Author Self-Published
January 2012
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Featuring: Alice Wheyton; Audra Valentine Wheyton; Jack Wheyton
298 pages ISBN: 1465758615 EAN: 9781465758613 Kindle: B00713HQLA e-Book Add to Wish List
She'll risk anything to save her child...even the truth
It's taken nine years and a cross-country move, but Audra Valentine Wheyton has kept her secrets safe. She's created the perfect lifeβa husband who loves her, a daughter she adores, and a position as head writer for an award- winning daytime soap. When her husband dies suddenly, Audra returns to her hometown for the funeral and faces a community that has not forgotten her meager beginnings and a man who has never forgiven her for marrying his brother.
Jack Wheyton is a successful pediatric neurosurgeon who is about to become engaged when Audra walks back into his life with her daughter. He forgave his brother long ago for taking something that had been his, something he hadn't even realized he wanted until it was gone. But forgiving Audra is another story...and forgetting her? Near impossible.
When a shattering illness strikes Audra's daughter, she turns to Jack to save her child and risks exposing a secret that will change their lives forever.
Author Note
Though PULLING HOME is a work of fiction, there is a real child named Kara who has Chiari Malformation & Syringomyelia. (The first time I heard these words, I had no idea what they meant.) I have known Kara since long before her first surgery and when I decided to write a book that would involve a sick child, I wanted to acknowledge this courageous girl by using her name and a variation of her condition.
Everything after that is truly the result of my very overactive imagination.
In case you were wondering about the real Kara....She was diagnosed with Chiari Malformation and Syringomyelia at age ten. Over the next eleven years, she underwent fifteen neurosurgeries and sadly, deals with chronic pain on a daily basis. Kara attends college for Deaf Interpretive Services and plans to become a Sign Language Interpreter. In her spare time, she plays guitar, writes music, paints, and is a freelance photographer.
If you would like to learn more about Chiari Malformation and Syringomyelia, please visit www.csfinfo.org.
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