The Gift
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Julie gave her mother one more hard, quick squeeze and then gently but firmly pushed her away, brushing angrily at the tears that had managed to escape and were trickling down her cheeks. She turned to her father almost reluctantly. She knew this would be her hardest goodbye and she wasn’t sure just how to handle it. Her father smiled at her and opened his arms. Julie stepped into them, resting her cheek against the softness of his flannel shirt, and inhaled deeply, breathing in the scent of his cologne and the pipe smoke that always lingered around him. They were the familiar smells of her childhood and she wanted to burn them into her memory to take with her to Arizona. Her father’s embrace was warm and safe and a part of Julie longed to stay there forever and not worry about the future at all. As though he could read her thoughts her father whispered in her ear, “You don’t have to do this, baby. You and Carly can have a good life right here.” Julie felt the old doubts and fears gnawing at her insides for the umpteenth time, but she shoved them away and forced herself to smile up at her father. “I do have to do this, Daddy. I have to try. If it doesn’t work we’ll come back and go from there. But I’m not giving up without a fight.”
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About the Book
Julie Forrester is a young single mother afraid of opening her heart to a man after her ex-boyfriend abandoned her before the birth of their daughter. Ten years later, she has reentered the dating world, and just as she thinks she’s found the love of her life, her daughter is diagnosed with cancer. Julie is forced to contact her daughter’s biological father who, in turn saves the child’s life, which leaves Julie with a dilemma. With two men she loves who love her in return, who does she choose: the man from her past who abandoned her once before or the man who has made her believe in love again?
About the Author
Writing a novel shouldn’t be about making money or becoming famous. It should be about touching the readers’ lives, and that is what I hope to accomplish with my work. Being a published author has been a lifelong goal of mine. To see my work published would ultimately fulfill something inside me. As a full-time college student, I recently completed a writing class in which I learned a great deal about how to hone my craft and make it better. I am twenty-eight years old, single, and I’ve lived the majority of my life in Hawley, Pennsylvania.