UNFORGETTABLE CHOICES

UNFORGETTABLE CHOICES examines two families affected by the abduction of a two-day-old infant. The author explores the family members rearing this child who are unaware of the crime, and the family devastated by the loss of their cherished newborn from the hospital nursery eighteen years earlier. The story is told through the eyes of twenty-year-old Farah, who can recall meeting her newborn sister in the hospital when she was two years old. Farah's mother's depression following this kidnapping caused Farah's childhood to reflect this sadness while being raised by her father and grandmother. Her mother's fears become her fears as Farah mentally struggles with unrealistic worse-case scenarios. Marrying into a wealthy family creates a situation where Farah begins to wonder if a member of her new husband's family could be the person responsible for the kidnapping. Farah detects this teenager with an amazing zest for life and metaphysical awareness is the sister she always felt should have been a part of her life. After the kidnapper commits suicide, Farah's sister must deal with the loss of her cherished mother and being introduced to her birth family. These individuals attempt to accept their hard life lessons by contemplating what this world and Heaven are all about. This novel contains wit and wisdom presenting a delightful stimulus for the reader's imagination.