Excellent! That is one small word that hardly describes a novel written with such heart. This is a story of a young mother who is faced with the death of her teenage son. He is not involved with drugs but his friend who was driving was, and this friend survived. The crush of pain left me breathless as I read and tried to imagine how Jenny must feel as she mourns. The description of this period in time was so intense that I had to cry along with her. Yet, Jenny must be strong because her daughter and youngest son need her. As the fog begins to clear she is given the chance to become an informant for the police and help eradicate a major drug ring in her town. These people are selling drugs to the local kids and she has been a witness to these handoffs. But the lies silence and intrigue that is entailed in helping the police turns her son and her best friend away from her. She wonders if it is worth the possibility of losing those most important to her. Is it worth the risk of losing her own life? But with strength and trepidation, Jenny moves forward with her plan. She is a master at changing her identity from doting mother to street walker looking for a fix, but many times she is so close to a degree of danger that no ordinary mother would ever experience. She must go ahead, for her dead son, her remaining two children and for all of the young people in her town.
Maryann Miller is an accomplished writer, weaving her tale of intrigue, romance and determination. She takes her readers on a wild ride of adventure that will not be soon forgotten.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Reviewer: Elaine Fuhr, Allbooks Reviews Int. www.allbooksreviewint.com
Title: One Small Victory
Author: Maryann Miller
Publisher: Books We Love Publishing Partners
ISBN: 978-1-926965-4
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Wow! I am humbled by your wonderful review. Thank you so much for all your kind words, and I am so glad that you connected to Jenny on such a deep level. I, too, cried as I wrote those scenes of grief and loss. When I heard about the woman who did this in real life, I could not fathom how she could go through that grief and yet do what she did. Amazing woman.
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