Monkey Wrench

By Mele Bond

After barely escaping an unknown intruder at the Lena King home, nine-year-old Daisy runs away. She walks through the night to reach her sister's house outside of town, but she can never walk away from her past. The people of her childhood have a way of coming back. Daisy is put in the home temporarily during a divisive custody battle. She leaves to live with her mother in Oklahoma but returns to the Garden City as a young adult. With her half sister Rose and Rose's husband, Orville, she builds a close-knit family life. Billy was in the home with Daisy as a child, and she still keeps the small wizard toy he gave her back then. His own family history is equally fraught, with a missing artist father and a mother who thinks Billy is too much like him. He's grown to love Daisy, but life never seems to go his way. With searing insight into what family really means, this poignant tale follows Daisy as she tries to overcome her troubled childhood. Connections to others can be sources of untold happiness. But when innocent attraction crosses a certain line, the struggle for love can turn deadly.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1539634825
• ISBN13: 9781539634829
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"