(Susan’s debut novel): A Minneapolis wife and mother wrestles with hard decisions when a brutal attack leaves her pregnant and years later wonders if she made a mistake.
Claire Holland, a happily married mother of two, is grateful beyond words that she is unable to remember the brutal attack that nearly ended her life. But when she finds out she is pregnant — against all odds – she and her husband Dan must decide what to do with a baby she is already starting to love and whom Dan can’t ever imagine loving. Told from the perspective of Claire and her firstborn Kate, Why the Sky is Blue is an intensely personal story of a mother and her two daughters, the first being a much-loved, wanted child and the second, conceived as the result of a sexual assault and given up for adoption. It is a story of the power of love to triumph over even the worst of circumstances.
“Excellent pacing and believable characters create an appealing story for female readers who enjoy contemporary fiction.”
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