Blood Orange by Drusilla Campbell

This is a story about a disabled missing child and the adults with their many secrets which may have contributed to her abduction. The father, David is a Defense Attorney who spends time away from his family defending a man accused of murdering a young child, a situation his wife and others can not comprehend. Dana, the mother hates her life, the people around her and God because she feels she has given up too much of her life because of her disabled child. The answer to her problem is to get away. She goes to Italy to study art and has an affair with an artist, the trouble brother of her best friend Lexy who is an Episcopalian priest and a recovering alcoholic.
This story has many complex characters and story lines that at times are confusing and difficult to follow. Yet, the story is very engrossing and hold your interest until the end.
It is also a story of forgiveness, for without it, no one can be healed.

 

Rated 3 out of 5

Submitted by Joan Boucher