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Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Karen Kingsbury's bestselling novel about two parents' love for their son and the lengths to which they will go to keep their family together.
Jack and Molly Campbell are right where they want to be, enjoying an idyllic life with their four-year-old son Joey, and the close family and friends who live in their small hometown just outside Atlanta. Then the phone call comes from the social worker the Campbells never expected to hear from again. Three states away in Ohio, Joey's biological father has just been released from prison. He is ready to start life over, but not without his son.
A judge's quick decision deals a devastating blow to the Campbell family: Joey must be returned to his biological parents. The day after the ruling, in the silent haze of grief and utter disbelief, they watch their son pick a dandelion and blow the feathery seeds into the wind.
In the days that follow the ruling, Jack Campbell has a desperate and dangerous thought. What if they can devise a way out Then they could take Joey and simply disappear . . . LIKE DANDELION DUST.
Praise for Like Dandelion Dust
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[Kingsbury] delivers . . . genuine emotional punch. - Publishers Weekly
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Karen is a gifted writer who confronts the hard issues with truth and sensitivity. - Francine Rivers, bestselling author of Redeeming Love
Karen Kingsbury
Bestselling author Karen Kingsbury is America's number one inspirational novelist. She's written more than thirty novels, ten of which have topped bestseller lists, and she's had books on the extended lists of both USA Today and the New York Times. There are nearly six million copies of her award-winning books in print, including more than two million copies sold in 2006.
She lives in Washington State with her husband, Don, and their six children, three of whom are adopted form Haiti. You can visit Karen's website at www.karenkingsbury.com or follow her on Twitter @KarenKingsbury or Facebook /AuthorKarenKingsbury
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