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Автор: Judy Buchholz Frueh
Год: 2014
Издание:
Книга по Требованию
Страниц: 388
ISBN: 9781632681874
Like the biblical Hannah, Jasmine Kirmis had prayed for children. After Jasmine and Evert Kirmis adopt their second child, Autumn, they believe their family unit is complete: a daughter along with their son, Jacob. Jasmine visualizes a close bond among the four of them, playing and working in harmony, sharing a common faith and vision of the future. However, as the child with golden eyes and golden hair matures, there is an aloofness about her, almost a resentment for the adoptive family, school, and small North Dakotan community in which she resides. When Jasmine suddenly is dropped into the role of a single parent, Autumn?s abrasive personality becomes lethal, annihilating every attempt her mother makes to bridge the widening gap between them. Finally, Autumn's longed-for day of freedom arrives: high school graduation, when she can rid herself of her self-righteous family and small hick community. She moves out of the state, cutting off all communication with those who love...
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