Jean Brashear has written a story that will take her
readers on emotional roller coaster. They will both love,
and love to hate Ria Channing. In the end readers will be
cheering Ria for her ability to reach inside herself and
come to terms with the tragedy that years earlier set not
only her, but her entire family on the path of self-
destruction.
Ria was the oldest child of Cleo and Malcolm. She only
had two short years to be the adored only child. Life
changed with the birth of her sister Betsy, and yet again
when the youngest and only son David was born. She always
felt that she wasn't as good as the perfect daughter,
Betsy, and the cherished son David. These feelings of
inadequacy set the pace for Ria's formidable years.
Finally when Ria, faced with having to struggle with her
role in David's death, and the feeling of lack of parental
and family support she runs. She's extremely lucky in
that she runs into another drifter who takes a caring role
in her life. Dog Boy as she calls him is her rock, and
when again tragedy strikes Ria's life...she follows the
only path she knows and runs.
This time she runs with her young son Benjy home to
Austin. Will she be accepted? Can the deep rifts in the
family be solved? In the end can Ria herself overcome
what she perceives to be her inadequacies and be a part of
a loving extended family?
The journey to family forgiveness is not an easy smooth
one, but one well worth traveling for not only Ria but her
entire family. FORGIVENESS could be a hanky read, and
will give readers a lot of food for thought regarding
their own personal lives, and the effects of those lives
on others. Take the path to forgiveness and be prepared
to also spend some of your free time reflecting back on
your life, and see if like Ria you can gain untold love
and other good fortunes by confronting those issues we all
prefer to deny.
Six years ago, Ria Channing ran away after committing the
one unpardonable sin her loving family could not surmount.
To save her child's life, she has returned, but the home
she remembers no longer exists--and she knows that the
blame for its destruction lies squarely on her shoulders.
Sandor Wolfe owes everything to Ria's mother, who took in a
down-on-his-luck stranger and gave him a new start, but Ria
is more vulnerable and less the hellion than he expected.
His loyalties are tested as he tries to help Ria find not
only her parents' forgiveness...but also the path to
forgiving herself.
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