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A freak accident can destroy everything you've struggled for.
Tess Bondurant, at 31, has worked her way up to a great job as a TV talk-show host in Springfield, Ohio. One afternoon child's play turns to tragedy, and Tess' nine-year-old son, Zach, is involved in something no child should have to face.
Now the station manager wants Tess to step down because of the controversy surrounding the incident. The neighbors condemn her and her son. Her ex-husband, Zach's father, offers little support.
Tess must fight to keep her own life going, as she struggles to restore Zach’s shattered spirit. In the midst of it all, she meets Forrest Diadazzio. He is kind to her son and loving to her. Can they somehow build a new life together?
Tess Bondurant, at 31, has worked her way up to a great job as a TV talk-show host in Springfield, Ohio. One afternoon child's play turns to tragedy, and Tess' nine-year-old son, Zach, is involved in something no child should have to face.
Now the station manager wants Tess to step down because of the controversy surrounding the incident. The neighbors condemn her and her son. Her ex-husband, Zach's father, offers little support.
Tess must fight to keep her own life going, as she struggles to restore Zach’s shattered spirit. In the midst of it all, she meets Forrest Diadazzio. He is kind to her son and loving to her. Can they somehow build a new life together?
176 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 12, 1983
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About the author
M. Ruth Myers
30 books189 followersM. Ruth Myers is a Shamus Award winning mystery writer. Her Maggie Sullivan mystery series features a private eye in Dayton, Ohio in the years 1938-1946.
Other novels by the author, who has also written as Mary Ruth Myers, have been translated, optioned for television and condensed in Good Housekeeping. They also have been used in college classes in Japan. She has taught at writers’ conferences across the country including the Antioch, Cape Cod and Mark Twain conferences.
Myers was born in Warrensburg, MO. When she was nine the family moved to Wyoming where she graduated from Cheyenne Central High School. After earning a Bachelor of Journalism degree at the University of Missouri J-School she worked as a reporter and feature writer on daily papers in Michigan and Ohio.
She and her husband are long-time Ohio residents with one grown daughter.
When not writing or reading, Myers cooks and plays Irish traditional music on an Anglo concertina. She confesses to more enthusiasm than skill.
Other novels by the author, who has also written as Mary Ruth Myers, have been translated, optioned for television and condensed in Good Housekeeping. They also have been used in college classes in Japan. She has taught at writers’ conferences across the country including the Antioch, Cape Cod and Mark Twain conferences.
Myers was born in Warrensburg, MO. When she was nine the family moved to Wyoming where she graduated from Cheyenne Central High School. After earning a Bachelor of Journalism degree at the University of Missouri J-School she worked as a reporter and feature writer on daily papers in Michigan and Ohio.
She and her husband are long-time Ohio residents with one grown daughter.
When not writing or reading, Myers cooks and plays Irish traditional music on an Anglo concertina. She confesses to more enthusiasm than skill.
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