Changing Hands

by Deborah Busby

It is said to be the happiest moment in a woman’s holding her child for the first time. But for Sadie, at the tender age of sixteen, it will be the first and only time she will hold her baby boy. In order to give him his best chance in life, Sadie realizes the only thing she can do for him is to let him go. While she is torn between her decision and the love she feels for her baby, she knows she can’t think about what she wants but instead what her baby needs. And in the end, she says goodbye.All of his life, Hayden never really fit in. Not with his friends. Certainly not with his family. The only thing he seems to do well is self-destruction. But his behavior is only a façade. In reality Hayden is besieged by self-doubt. How could anyone love him when the woman who gave him life, simply discarded him? Just as Hayden graduates from high school, he discovers he is to become a father, placing him directly in the shoes of his birthmother. Determined to do things differently than both his biological and adoptive parents, Hayden knows the answers are with his birthmother. Armed with only a letter from her, he embarks on a journey to find Sadie and the answers to the questions he so desperately needs.From beginning to end, you are drawn to the reunion of mother and child. The events that take place keep you turning pages. Just how do you find your mother? Should you attempt to seek out your child? What are the consequences for either endeavor?Do you really want to know?

228 pages, Paperback

First published April 11, 2013