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Maddy
1968, a time of youthful revolt and liberation, and yet, for Maddy Barnes, a happy, small town teenager, her world will explode.
The oldest child of a beloved doctor, and his beautiful, fun-loving wife, Maddy grows up spending weekends of her childhood at her grandfather’s barn, a place where only the brave survive. A place of strong women, and love unrestrained.
At just thirteen, a sudden, unforeseen tragedy causes Maddy's father to disappear into a world of loss and sorrow. Alone, her world now capsized without any means of navigating a new reality, Maddy falls in love – a hand of hope reaching out, and yet, ultimately, this love unrequited will send her fleeing to Toronto where she joins a world of street kids, speed freaks, and a violent dealer with rabies eyes named Hermann.
With no one to save her but herself, Maddy falls deeper into a dark place of sex, drugs, and danger, while finally coming to terms with a truth she can no longer a desire for women, and a life lived on her terms.
The oldest child of a beloved doctor, and his beautiful, fun-loving wife, Maddy grows up spending weekends of her childhood at her grandfather’s barn, a place where only the brave survive. A place of strong women, and love unrestrained.
At just thirteen, a sudden, unforeseen tragedy causes Maddy's father to disappear into a world of loss and sorrow. Alone, her world now capsized without any means of navigating a new reality, Maddy falls in love – a hand of hope reaching out, and yet, ultimately, this love unrequited will send her fleeing to Toronto where she joins a world of street kids, speed freaks, and a violent dealer with rabies eyes named Hermann.
With no one to save her but herself, Maddy falls deeper into a dark place of sex, drugs, and danger, while finally coming to terms with a truth she can no longer a desire for women, and a life lived on her terms.
316 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 21, 2024
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March 25, 2025
Maddy is captivating with believable characters in shocking situations. There are some situations that made me want to turn away, but the story kept drawing me back. There were times it seemed unbelievable but author Bond’s writing style drew me in to wanting to know what happened next.
Maddy was treated poorly by other humans but some how Maddy was able to persist.
Bessie, the first book in the trilogy, and Maddy are VERY different reads. What does Cathi Bond have planned for the final book??
Maddy was treated poorly by other humans but some how Maddy was able to persist.
Bessie, the first book in the trilogy, and Maddy are VERY different reads. What does Cathi Bond have planned for the final book??
December 12, 2024
Maddy is a terrific stand alone piece of fiction on its own. The characters are deep and the emotions strong and true. That being said, if you want to get the full scope of these characters, I would recommend reading Bessie first. However Maddy reads just fine on her own, if you want to get a sense of my writing style.
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