Making Hearts by Jack Getze
This story starts out with a couple and their teen kids having a holiday party with others at their house.
Teen girl starts having stomach pains and is rushed to the hospital where it's determined she is giving birth.
The parents Papi and Mama and their kids Emily and Philip and the new granddaughter Noel.
Emily is overweight and had weird cycles but didn't really know she was pregnant but she had unprotected sex.
She would rather go to dances and smoke pot then tend to the baby.
Story is from the granddaughter's point of view. Never thought of how they were feeling at dismal times.
When the frailly, 3 out of the 4 test positive for pot the agency steps in to have the child removed. Mama slips and breaks her arm and wants to raise Noel by herself if need be.
Court hearings and words adults have used in front of the granddaughter has brought tears to my eyes.
Circumstances take a deadly turn....
On top of that a girl at school is trying to get Emily in more trouble than ever.... Last hope could be with the boyfriend.
Hope they can 'wake' up and get on with coming together as a family. A new baby should be a joy to all.
Real life situations and so downQ to earth, daily things that happen...
Reason I like this story is because there are many different ages of people and we get to hear from all of them, from their perspectives.
Have personally gone through most of the above myself and had a good outcome.
About the author ends this book along with a listing of other works..
Received this review copy from the publisher and this is my honest opinion.
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