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Wounded Angels: Sometimes the Only Way to Heal a Broken Heart Is Through a Wounded Soul
Wounded Angels: Sometimes the Only Way to Heal a Broken Heart Is Through a Wounded Soul
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Chuck Miceli
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On a sweltering Fourth of July, the suicide of fourteen-year-old Maureen Bower´s father shatters her security. She fears that eventually, everyone she loves will abandon her.
With the words, "May I have this dance," Frank Russo introduces himself to Maureen at a roller-skating rink. As he teaches her skate dancing, she falls deeply in love with him. Meanwhile, the country advances further into World War 2. They wait until they feel it is safe to marry only to return from their honeymoon to find Frank´s draft notice. He leaves for the Pacific and is gone for the next three years. When Frank´s best friend, Harvey, dies at Normandy, Maureen´s closest friend, June, walks out of her life too.
Frank returns from the war physically and emotionally scarred, Maureen does her best to mend him until their first child´s birth hastens his recovery. They share rich experiences, develop close friendships, raise two daughters and eventually welcome the young women´s husbands into their lives. When their children move from Brooklyn, New York to suburban Connecticut, Frank and Maureen follow and become active volunteers at the Bristol Senior Center. On the night of Lieutenant William Calley´s conviction for the Mai Lai Massacre however, Frank is overcome with guilt. When he confesses his own wartime atrocities to Maureen, she struggles to understand the man she thought she knew.
Through fifty-plus years of marriage, Frank becomes the center of Maureen´s world until his sudden death shatters her faith and rekindles her deep fear of abandonment. She can´t escape from the crushing loneliness. Friends, family and even ministers are helpless to lift her from her depression. Maureen finds tasks like driving a car, paying the bills, even cleaning the house overwhelming and her smallest joy feels like a betrayal to Frank. As she prepares to end her suffering, help comes from the unlikeliest of sources: Doris Cantrell. Following an abusive childhood, a troubled marriage and estrangem
With the words, "May I have this dance," Frank Russo introduces himself to Maureen at a roller-skating rink. As he teaches her skate dancing, she falls deeply in love with him. Meanwhile, the country advances further into World War 2. They wait until they feel it is safe to marry only to return from their honeymoon to find Frank´s draft notice. He leaves for the Pacific and is gone for the next three years. When Frank´s best friend, Harvey, dies at Normandy, Maureen´s closest friend, June, walks out of her life too.
Frank returns from the war physically and emotionally scarred, Maureen does her best to mend him until their first child´s birth hastens his recovery. They share rich experiences, develop close friendships, raise two daughters and eventually welcome the young women´s husbands into their lives. When their children move from Brooklyn, New York to suburban Connecticut, Frank and Maureen follow and become active volunteers at the Bristol Senior Center. On the night of Lieutenant William Calley´s conviction for the Mai Lai Massacre however, Frank is overcome with guilt. When he confesses his own wartime atrocities to Maureen, she struggles to understand the man she thought she knew.
Through fifty-plus years of marriage, Frank becomes the center of Maureen´s world until his sudden death shatters her faith and rekindles her deep fear of abandonment. She can´t escape from the crushing loneliness. Friends, family and even ministers are helpless to lift her from her depression. Maureen finds tasks like driving a car, paying the bills, even cleaning the house overwhelming and her smallest joy feels like a betrayal to Frank. As she prepares to end her suffering, help comes from the unlikeliest of sources: Doris Cantrell. Following an abusive childhood, a troubled marriage and estrangem
Delivery 3-6 weeks
21,84 €
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Format
Hardcover
Author
Chuck Miceli
Publishing company
Thomas Nelson Publishers
Added date
09.10.2020
Year of publication
14.01.2020
Pages
268
Product code
9780997698657
Barcode
9780997698657
ISBN
9780997698657