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A "flawed, complex, compelling heroine faces challenges that are both gut-wrenchingly difficult and all too common today... Far above the crowd." - Kirkus Reviews Ravaged by loss and suffering under the weight of addiction, journalist Lola Wicks's life takes a bad turn after a family tragedy. The only reason she agrees to travel to Salt Lake City to write a human interest story on overseas adoptions is to prove that she is still managing her life-and show the authorities she's still a fit mother. But the assignment is immediately complicated when her subject, a Vietnamese teen adopted by a whi...
A "flawed, complex, compelling heroine faces challenges that are both gut-wrenchingly difficult and all too common today... Far above the crowd." - Kirkus Reviews Ravaged by loss and suffering under the weight of addiction, journalist Lola Wicks's life takes a bad turn after a family tragedy. The only reason she agrees to travel to Salt Lake City to write a human interest story on overseas adoptions is to prove that she is still managing her life-and show the authorities she's still a fit mother. But the assignment is immediately complicated when her subject, a Vietnamese teen adopted by a white family, is accused of murder. Determined to prove his innocence, Lola investigation takes her to the edges of the darkness pervading her own life-making her wonder if she'll ever find her way back again. "Engrossing... Few will be able to resist this moving tale of redemption." - Publishers Weekly Praise for the Lola Wicks mysteries "A gutsy series." - The New York Times "Gwen Florio weaves a compelling tapestry that combines family saga, social consciousness and human frailty." -Craig Johnson, New York Times-bestselling author on Disgraced "The writing is top-notch, and the action builds at just the right pace... [Amateur sleuth]Lola Wicks is going to be around for a long, long time." - Kirkus Reviewson Dakota "Compelling, realistically flawed characters and a timely story line... make this one of Florio's hardest-hitting mysteries yet." - Library Journal, starred reviewon Reservations
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