Title: Indebted
Author: Braxton DeGarmo
Pages: 398
Year: 2013
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Note: I received a
complimentary copy for an honest review of this book from www.bookfun.org
Oh, what a great novel!
More twists and turns than any makers of taffy can make! This is a heartfelt story of a young woman
fleeing the rage of an alcoholic father, widowed and desperate. On top of that, he hurt his daughter in the
worst way. Alice Cummings was single
mother in North Carolina. Her father
sold her son, his grandson, after slipping her a mickey to ensure she wouldn’t
wake up while he took the baby.
As time progresses, so do the adventures of Alice as she
seeks to find her son. Without money or
education what options are available?
The readers meet a well known author who also has met some tragedy in
her life that she has tried to silence with wine. While being successful has made Myra wealthy,
it hasn’t made her happy only more lonely and under great stress to produce
more novels.
Now enters a lawyer who, in time, is running for the local
Senate seat. While having had a happy
marriage, raised great kids and a grandchild to dote on, there is something
that keeps him awake at night. As the
reader turns the pages, it seems that while he tries to maintain his current
happiness someone from the past is threatening to tear it all down.
At first, when I started reading the novel, I couldn’t quite
put all the pieces together. The author
is a master storyteller, using flashback to help build the climax of the plot
while integrating present day events.
The time of the stories past is in the sixties when moonshine was
running rampant and secrets could be covered up without fear of the truth ever
being unearthed.
I kept wondering how all the pieces were going to fit
together and when they did what would the end look like. When I got there, what I read just caught me
by surprise and I marveled at the way the novel was written. I never saw the conclusion playing out as it
did. Well done Braxton! Just so you know there are a few curse words,
but nothing that detracts from the novel or the way one woman comes into the
storyline, sharing her Christian faith with an aging writer. Plan on getting caught up with the mystery,
intrigue, along with some very unique characters. I look forward to reading more from the truly
gifted pen of Braxton DeGarmo. He has a
fan for life!
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