Echoes of Family
by Barbara Claypole White is the story of a group of people who are a family
bound by a common thread and reliance on each other. Marianne Stoke is a woman
who suffers from bipolar depression and is reeling from a deadly accident she
was involved in. Blaming herself, she flees her husband, Darius Montgomery, and
almost-daughter, Jade Jones, and heads home to England. Back to her home
village where she runs into Gabriel Bonham, a ghost from her past. When Darius
and Jade catch up with her, she has a manic episode where she is hospitalized
and meets another lost soil, Emj. While in England, she tries to confront the
past and discover why bad things seem to follow her wherever she goes. Will
Marianne learn the truth about these tragic events? Will she be able to forgive
herself for her part?
Echoes of Family
is an excellent and in-your-face story of one woman with bipolar disorder. The
delicate balance of a bipolar sufferer’s life is touching and the reader feels
for Marianne as the reality is she will suffer with it for the rest of her
life. The manic episodes are described with such detailed that the reader feels
as if he or she is a witness. The pain and sometimes helplessness of Marianne’s
loved one cuts deep to the reader. Echoes
of Family is filled with drama and pain but it is also filled with funny
moments and wisecracks that can only come from people who are as close as
family. I highly recommend Echoes of
Family!
Echoes of Family
is available on
Amazon
in paperback and
Kindle
as well as
on Barnes and Noble
in paperback and
audiobook
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