CONVENIENT SECRETS

About the Book

A baby boy, born of a sixteen-year old, is given up to adoption. (A secret kept by the teenager until many years later.)

Jon, the adopted baby (documents are sealed) grows up in the loving and safe environment of John and Emily Strutter. Heredity evidences in Jon’s physical traits – blue eyes, writing left handed, and a cowlick at his hairline, but environment molds his character – thoughtful, responsible, and dependable.

Jon is attracted not only to girls but boys as well and is puzzled why. (A question shared only with a male friend.) Jon seeks to find answers by wanting to know his birth parents but is met with strong resistance from his over-protective mother (“those files are closed forever”). Jon’s father reveals information he has kept private for twenty-one years, and Jon’s sets a plan to see at least one of his birth parents.

Jon takes a summer job two states away, in Nora’s city. He gets to know Nora by visiting her frame shop, and Jon believes his true identity remains a secret. As Jon drives home to family and school in Minnesota, he must decide how to live his life. With who and where? His choices lead to more secrets.

About the Author

Ann Wade enjoyed a varied business career spanning thirty-six years in marketing, sales, general management, leadership development, training, and motivational speaking. In 1996, she realized a dream of being a consultant for small businesses. Wade lived in Tucson, Arizona for twenty-four years and Minneapolis, Minnesota for twenty-three years before returning to Iowa City in 2001 to fulfill another dream of being a writer. She is author of Out of Silence: A Personal Transformation and Chocolate Kisses.