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Capturing the Texas Rancher's Heart

Heart-breaking and uplifting

Llewellyn Worldwide
May 2013
On Sale: May 8, 2013
Featuring: Laurence Roach
312 pages
ISBN: 0738736422
EAN: 978073873642
Hardcover
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A compelling US debut about family, forgiveness, and hope

Despite having a depressed alcoholic mother and a little
brother who’s convinced he’s a dog, fifteen year-old
Laurence Roach is trying to live a normal life. But when his
mom doesn’t come home after work one night, Laurence is
terrified that child services will find out she’s gone and
separate him from his brother.

For two weeks, Laurence does whatever he can to keep her
disappearance a secret. Spinning a web of complicated lies
for friends, neighbors, and the authorities, Laurence even
dresses like his mother to convince everyone she’s still
around. By following clues, the brothers are finally able to
track down their mother’s whereabouts. And that’s when the
real trouble begins in this powerful story about what it
means to be a family.