Jan Notzon

Song For The Forsaken Jan Notzon

Returning home to Appalachia from her time in the hospice during her mother's last few months of life, Mandy MacDaniel brings with her a horrible secret. Having grown up with an alcoholic, frustrated poet father and a mother lost in her own religious world, the only solace in her life is the little sister she raised from birth. But it was the impenetrable faith in their religion that was the foundation of their bond; a faith Mandy has lost and a deed she has committed that goes against all its teachings. Can the bi-racial caregiver Mandy once knew as a child who mysteriously disappeared and has now returned heal the rift between the two sisters? Will Mandy's hellfire and damnation preacher grandfather allow her to try? The final explosive confrontation between the two sisters will determine all. Can one maintain one's faith in light of such suffering and injustice in the world? Can a relationship persist when one is torn between loyalty to one's religious beliefs and love of the person who has been sister, mother-figure, sage and counselor but who has now renounced her faith? All is revealed in "Song For The Forsaken".