Bringing Maggie Home: A Novel Paperback – September 5, 2017
Decades of Loss, an Unsolved Mystery,
and a Rift Spanning Three Generations
Hazel DeFord is a woman haunted by her past. While berry picking in a blackberry thicket in 1943, ten-year old Hazel momentarily turns her back on her three-year old sister Maggie and the young girl disappears.
Almost seventy years later, the mystery remains unsolved and the secret guilt Hazel carries has alienated her from her daughter Diane, who can’t understand her mother’s overprotectiveness and near paranoia. While Diane resents her mother’s inexplicable eccentricities, her daughter Meghan—a cold case agent—cherishes her grandmother’s lavish attention and affection.
When a traffic accident forces Meghan to take a six-week leave-of-absence to recover, all three generations of DeFord women find themselves unexpectedly under the same roof. Meghan knows she will have to act as a mediator between the two headstrong and contentious women. But when they uncover Hazel’s painful secret, will Meghan also be able to use her investigative prowess to solve the family mystery and help both women recover all that’s been lost?
My Review:
This book is a story about 3 generations of the DeFord woman. Their relationships are complicated and have been for years. They gather together at Hazel DeFord's home to make a scrapbook in honor of her 80th birthday. As time goes by a box of old photos are found that may contain the answers to help them understand each other better.
This book is about how the past can shape your future if not dealt with and can also affect future generations. I enjoyed reading the book.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for my review.
