Once Upon a Day: A Novel

Nineteen years ago a famous filmmaker disappeared from Los Angeles taking his two children Dorothea and Jimmy to a desolate corner of New Mexico. There he raised them in complete isolation without television computer radio -- not even a newspaper. Now at twenty-three Dorothea leaves in search of her missing brother -- and ventures into the outside world for the first time. Her search becomes an odyssey of discovery when Dorothea meets Stephen Spaulding a cab driver dealing with his own mysterious history. With him as her guide Dorothea uncovers the truth of her familys past and the terrifying day that changed her father forever. Together they have a chance to discover that although a heart can be broken by the tragic events of a day a day can also bring a new chance at love and a deeper understanding of lifes infinite possibilities.