Covenant Betrayed, Revelations of the Sixties, the Best of Time, the Worst of Time

Download or read book Covenant Betrayed, Revelations of the Sixties, the Best of Time, the Worst of Time written by Mark Dahl and published by . This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fact that she was adopted was never a secret to Joanna Johansen, but it was not something that she talked about with her three long-time school friends, Amy, Lauren and Janene. There came a moment, however, when Joanna was willing to answer their questions and show them the contents of her birth box left by that long ago mother. Indignant when the question about finding her birthmother was raised, Joanna refused to consider the possibility. Yet as young teens her friends made a pact to be a part of that search if and when Joanna changed her mind. In her early thirties Joanna feels the sharpness of loss when Allison, the mother who raised her, is killed. Adding to Joanna's emptiness is the tenuous relationship with her father who years ago chose to marry a younger woman and take on the responsibilities of her children. Not without guilt she determines that she needs to know about her beginnings. Joanna launches a journey that takes her to Mexico, following clues toward the discovery of this unknown mother. Honoring the pact of their childhood, each of her friends play a role in the search and with Joanna they experience fragments of the richness of this country its contrasts, its powerful history and remarkably romantic setting. They watch as Joanna finds unexpected romance, questions her future and muddles her life direction. The reader catches glimpses of Dixie, a birthmother, whose childhood pain left a permanent spine in her heart. Hers has been a life of fleeing from deep turmoil. La Espina is a story of friendship, loyalty, love, searching and healing.