No Puppies

The village of Pleasantville Kentucky seems like an idyllic hometown with a park a lake and a pet cemetery filled with wildflowers and bird songs. Joanne a single mother with big plans and her daughter Molly Aunt Frannie Granny and Gramps and all the neighbors are sharing a special holiday season. But on Christmas morning Molly turns up missing. <p>A frantic search by police and family begins and a neighboring physician and his wife are found dead inside their home. Soon Joanne receives a frantic phone call. <p><center><I>Mommy come for me. Molly's voice traveled over the wires sounding thin and hollow. He promised me a puppy. There are no puppies.</I></center><p>This moving novel recounts how a family deals with the tragedy of sexual abuse and pedophilia. Novelist Glendia Watson pens a story of the flawed tools we humans are given to cope with these stone-heavy burdens . the rage guilt and regret. But at its core <I>No Puppies</I> is ultimately about redemption and hope.