Contemporary / Women's Fiction
Date Published: 3/14/2014
Bethlehem took her first breath as her mother took her last.
Left to survive in
overcrowded Ethiopian orphanages, she developed survival skills
rivalling a warrior - a fierce, independent fighter before she could walk
or talk. As she approached her second birthday, Bethlehem lived her
days guided by two rules: everyone leaves and trust no one.
A world away in
Canada, Tory Witcraft is trying to adopt from Ethiopia with her husband,
Matt, when her adoption agency goes bankrupt, threatening her dreams of
becoming a mother. Against the advice of many, including government
officials threatening to revoke the adoption, she goes to Ethiopia, and
her new daughter, Bethlehem.
When they finally
meet, both mother and daughter struggle to connect, each trapped by
their own fears and demons. Emotions and tempers run hot. Hearts and
dreams collide, shattering a family before it could fully form.
The adoption journey was difficult, but no one expected the hardest part of the journey would begin once they met.
EXCERPT
An itty bitty little thing of a girl came running into the
room. Bouncing high with each step as she flew at them and
promptly threw herself into Matt’s lap. Tory’s hand clutched her
face, her breath stopped in her chest as she watched Matt draw
the little girl close. His body rocked as he held her, his face
split into a smile of pure joy.
“Daddy!” she cried out in a squeaky voice. She grabbed Matt’s
face kissing each cheek with a big, slimy, open mouth kiss.
“Bethlehem!” Matt breathed out as he hugged her and kissed the
top of her head.
“Bethlehem,” Tory whispered the name, as if saying it for the
first time as she took in the face of the little girl she had
studied through pictures for months. Blowing up the pictures
until she could examine every facet of the the little girls
features. Seeing her up close, face to face, finally close
enough to touch left Tory breathless. Her skin itched to touch
her. With a tentative hand she stroked her back.
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