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Hidden Truths
Synopsis: A bolt of lightning shatters his dreams and six-year-old Billy Foster finds himself blamed for his mother's death as his father rages in mourning. His life irrevocably altered forever, Billy disappears into the night. --- Billy's guilt-ridden brother, Wayne, is left behind to deal with the real Foster family demons. He floats through life as an invisible speck of dust, rarely seen by the people he interacts with as he leaves his childhood behind. --- Gwen Nelson is an unwanted child who never gives up hope despite people letting her down, time after time. All the adults around her, including her wasted mother, think only of what's best for them, never giving Gwen a second thought, until an angel comes along to help her believe in herself. --- Her sister, Grace, is spared this lonely life and grows up in a loving and caring home. --- Follow the lives of these four children... two float through life, unnoticed and unheard, desperately keeping the secrets of their parents, two grow up in loving environments. --- Their lives will converge in one unexpected moment... --- About the Author: Brenda Youngerman is the author of the bestseller Private Scars and Public Lies. She was born and raised in Southern California where she still resides with her three children. Youngerman works by day and writes by night. She's known for covering the very real issues of broken families, child abuse, and estrangement. She is very passionate about covering social issues and opening dialogues.
322 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 5, 2008
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Brenda Youngerman
9 books41 followersBrenda Youngerman is a single mother who raised her 3 children in southern California. She has first hand knowledge of what emotional trauma can do to a family as she was the product of a broken home.
I was the youngest member in a very large family and always felt like I was on the outside looking in. That is not an enviable position as a child but a perfect position to be as an author. I write "Fiction With a Purpose," novels about real people in real life situations. I try to paint a picture of life as it is to give my readers that ability to see situations from a different point of view. My goal as an author is to have ONE reader pick up a novel and see a similarity in his or her life and see an opportunity to do something to make their life better. I want a reader to put down a Youngerman novel and think about it when they are done. I want the story to resonate for a few days.
I currently reside in Southern California and my goal is to publish a new novel every year.
I was the youngest member in a very large family and always felt like I was on the outside looking in. That is not an enviable position as a child but a perfect position to be as an author. I write "Fiction With a Purpose," novels about real people in real life situations. I try to paint a picture of life as it is to give my readers that ability to see situations from a different point of view. My goal as an author is to have ONE reader pick up a novel and see a similarity in his or her life and see an opportunity to do something to make their life better. I want a reader to put down a Youngerman novel and think about it when they are done. I want the story to resonate for a few days.
I currently reside in Southern California and my goal is to publish a new novel every year.
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February 26, 2012
Hidden Truths takes us into the world of children dealing with the consequences of their parent’s issues and actions. Two families are living very different lives. Yet when tragedy strikes each family, as is always the case, it is the children who suffer the most.
Billy and Wayne are the sons of Stan and Pat. They are a seemingly typical family, until Pat is suddenly killed. It is then that Stan’s struggle with alcohol spirals out of control, tearing what is left of his family apart.
Jack and Alice have a good life with daughter, Grace. When Gwen is born, it throws the family out of balance, ultimately dividing it. While Grace grows up happily, Gwen is isolated and abused.
Life’s circumstances affect each child in very different ways. However, all are affected by their parent’s reactions and responses to the harsh realities of life’s truths.
Brenda Youngerman has a rare gift of seeing the hidden truths in life, and sharing them in her novels. She takes on difficult, often painful situations, exploring them and seeking resolution. Her stories are realistic in their subject matter. She is sensitive to both the issues and the characters involved. As do all of the books by Brenda Youngerman, Hidden Truths will affect you and leave you thinking. It is a moving and very heartfelt novel.
Brenda Youngerman has just released the novel, Skewered Halo. You can read more about Brenda Youngerman and all of her books on her website, Fiction with a Purpose. She is a very wise and insightful author, one whom I admire and respect.
Billy and Wayne are the sons of Stan and Pat. They are a seemingly typical family, until Pat is suddenly killed. It is then that Stan’s struggle with alcohol spirals out of control, tearing what is left of his family apart.
Jack and Alice have a good life with daughter, Grace. When Gwen is born, it throws the family out of balance, ultimately dividing it. While Grace grows up happily, Gwen is isolated and abused.
Life’s circumstances affect each child in very different ways. However, all are affected by their parent’s reactions and responses to the harsh realities of life’s truths.
Brenda Youngerman has a rare gift of seeing the hidden truths in life, and sharing them in her novels. She takes on difficult, often painful situations, exploring them and seeking resolution. Her stories are realistic in their subject matter. She is sensitive to both the issues and the characters involved. As do all of the books by Brenda Youngerman, Hidden Truths will affect you and leave you thinking. It is a moving and very heartfelt novel.
Brenda Youngerman has just released the novel, Skewered Halo. You can read more about Brenda Youngerman and all of her books on her website, Fiction with a Purpose. She is a very wise and insightful author, one whom I admire and respect.
November 10, 2008
Hidden Truths,
Written By: Brenda Youngerman
Published By: Eloquent Books, an Imprint of AEG Publishing Group, New York, 2008, First Edition, 255 pages, paperback, ISBN 978-1-60693-125-7
“Hidden Truths skilfully takes you into the murky depths of child abuse, misery and despair.”BCM
Wayne and six year old Billy Foster were born into an affluent family.
They have a loving mother and a less then attentive father. Though the relationship between the boy and their dad is strained, their doting mother Pat makes up for it with all her love and affection.
As Pat and Stan are about to leave for a party, Billy’s fear of lightning overwhelms him. His older brother Wayne tries to calm him, but Billy’s distraught mother wants to stay home and comfort her youngest son. When the bad-tempered Stan won’t have it, he and his wife leave for the party.
That same evening, Stan returns home in anger because there has been a car accident that has critically injured Pat. Three days later, their mother dies from her injuries and a grief-stricken Stan, rages at...
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Written By: Brenda Youngerman
Published By: Eloquent Books, an Imprint of AEG Publishing Group, New York, 2008, First Edition, 255 pages, paperback, ISBN 978-1-60693-125-7
“Hidden Truths skilfully takes you into the murky depths of child abuse, misery and despair.”BCM
Wayne and six year old Billy Foster were born into an affluent family.
They have a loving mother and a less then attentive father. Though the relationship between the boy and their dad is strained, their doting mother Pat makes up for it with all her love and affection.
As Pat and Stan are about to leave for a party, Billy’s fear of lightning overwhelms him. His older brother Wayne tries to calm him, but Billy’s distraught mother wants to stay home and comfort her youngest son. When the bad-tempered Stan won’t have it, he and his wife leave for the party.
That same evening, Stan returns home in anger because there has been a car accident that has critically injured Pat. Three days later, their mother dies from her injuries and a grief-stricken Stan, rages at...
**Please follow the link to read the whole review:
http://bookreviewsbybobbie.wordpress....
December 27, 2010
A light read ... rather boring, actually ...
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