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PASSING THROUGH BRANDISS
Patricia Yager Delagrange
Releasing May 20, 2016
Ravenswood Publishing
After the tragic loss of her
husband, Annie and her young son search for a new life full of meaning and
hope. Fate nudges Annie into the arms of a man whose wife disappeared with his
child years ago.
husband, Annie and her young son search for a new life full of meaning and
hope. Fate nudges Annie into the arms of a man whose wife disappeared with his
child years ago.
Annie’s life spins out of control when first the pregnant
teenager she hires to help her with her garden asks Annie to adopt her baby and
shortly afterwards the long-lost wife of the man Annie loves reappears.
teenager she hires to help her with her garden asks Annie to adopt her baby and
shortly afterwards the long-lost wife of the man Annie loves reappears.
with grief and heartache, the experiences demonstrate how, even in the face of
overwhelming sorrow, opening her heart and home to those most in need of love
has reaped unexpected joy for Annie and her son.
A
cream-colored blanket covered him from the waist down, a white sheet folded
over at the edge. Gauze shielded the top part of his head and a black accordion
tube snaked out of his mouth. Machines
surrounded his bed, blinking and beeping, the rhythm oddly calming.
He
was alive.
Annie
laced her fingers with his and squeezed, willing her energy to pass through
him, as if her touch could keep him more alive than the contraptions. She
leaned over the side of the bed, kissed his cheek, inhaling the sickeningly
sweet scent of Betadine.
Suddenly
the beeps burst to life, louder, more insistent and irritating. A thin blue
line, straight and flat, slid across the black screen on the monitor above his
bed.
Firm
hands grasped Annie’s shoulders and pulled her away from his bedside.
“What
are you doing? Stop! What’s happening?”
A
nurse tugged on Annie’s arm and led her through the doorway. “Mrs. Davidson.
You have to leave the room. Now.”
Annie
glanced back at Cam before passing the room’s threshold, shuffled backward into
the hallway and banged against the wall. Doctors and nurses raced from all
directions and funneled to Cam’s bedside.
She
stared at the closed door to Cameron’s room, her eyes burning. “Please, God,
save him. I need him. Rafe needs him. Don’t let him die.” No matter how busy
God was, helping other people in the world, perhaps Annie’s personal plea would
reach Him.
She envisioned
a happy scenario. Cam was going to pull through. She knew it.
The
door swung open. Dr. Tsao walked out slowly, eyes and head angled down until
she reached the middle of the wide hallway. Annie pushed away from the wall.
Their eyes met.
The
doctor didn’t have to say a word. The downward twist of her lips, the flat
glaze of her eyes. Annie knew Dr. Tsao wouldn’t be uttering the words she hoped
to hear.
Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area,
Patricia attended St. Mary’s College, studied her junior year at the University
of Madrid, received a B.A. in Spanish at UC Santa Barbara then went on to get a
Master’s degree in Education at Oregon State University. She lives with her
husband and two teenage children in Alameda, across the bay from San Francisco,
along with two very large chocolate labs, Annabella and Jack. Her Friesian
horse Maximus lives in the Oakland hills in a stall with a million dollar view.
Patricia attended St. Mary’s College, studied her junior year at the University
of Madrid, received a B.A. in Spanish at UC Santa Barbara then went on to get a
Master’s degree in Education at Oregon State University. She lives with her
husband and two teenage children in Alameda, across the bay from San Francisco,
along with two very large chocolate labs, Annabella and Jack. Her Friesian
horse Maximus lives in the Oakland hills in a stall with a million dollar view.
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