She Cries in the Dark

By Debi DeSantis and Debi De Santis

Maci Sullivan is beautiful young wife and mother who had everything she could ever want. A loving devoted husband, two happy, healthy twin six year olds, and a wonderful family. But when things seem... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1430319984
• ISBN13: 9781430319986
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Lulu.Com
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Need A Good Cry? Look No Further...

Maci Sullivan is living the life of - well, a romance novelist heroine: she falls in love at first sight with the ruggedly handsome Steve, marries him after a two-year idyllic courtship, and begins a life of bliss she knows countless others only dream of. Having come from an upscale background with parents catering to her every whim, she couldn't imagine her life getting any better - but, through his undying devotion to her, Steve soon sees to it that things only get better and better for them both. Of course, like sunny days, every marriage has its dark clouds, and Maci and Steve's is no different. During an increasingly difficult pregnancy with twins, Maci nearly loses Steve one night when he accidentally falls and strikes his head on the bathroom sink. Following a brief - and scary - bout with amnesia, Steve makes a full recovery, but then Maci goes into sudden labor during an ice storm, forcing her to deliver the babies at home - and almost losing one of them in the process. Shortly after recovering from that scare, Maci then slips into postpartum depression, threatening her bond with both the children and Steve himself. To top it all off, Steve eventually becomes increasingly attracted to a co-worker, almost committing the unthinkable right under Maci's suspecting nose... The loving couple perseveres, though, and just when it seems that marital bliss has returned to stay - they suffer the worst tragedy any parent could imagine: their son, Josh, is critically wounded after being run over by none other than Steve himself. The fact that it was a complete accident is of no consolation; in fact, only one day after Josh ultimately dies from his wounds, Steve, unable to forgive himself for the death of his own child, takes his own life as well. Understandably, Maci is crushed, and eventually can't stop herself from slipping into an alcohol-induced depression from which she sees no escape. Her troubles don't end there, though; after her daughter, Regan, also suffers a life-threatening accident, Maci must decide whether to continue her downward spiral into a dark world of self-pity or finally come to her senses and start to put the pieces of her life together again. She Cries In The Dark reads like the biblical book of Job: no matter how bad things in Maci's life keep getting, you find yourself cringing anew every time something worse happens - and you can't help wondering why. Maci is not an evil, selfish person, and she goes out of her way to be as accommodating to others as she can, so to witness her suffer heartbreak after heartbreak sometimes makes you wonder what the point of being good is after all. The strength of DeSantis's tale, though, lies in reassuring the reader that, no matter how bad things get, blessings still eventually come - and often when we least expect them. As Maci begins to turn her life around, the right people and events always seem to come into it at just the right time, giving her just enough strength to make it time