Summer on the Black Suwannee

Welcome to Eearth Mother Acres Where Shattered Lives are HealedWhen 15-year-old Emily is nearly raped by her stepfather her distraught but well-meaning mother Charlene arranges for them to spend the summer at Earth Mother Acres a special secluded faith-based retreat for troubled girls nestled along the bucolic banks of the Black Suwannee River.An anonymous sponsor even offered to pay the camps $30000 expense--provided Emily completes the program. I didnt even need to pray about it Charlene reasoned. It must be Gods will since everything just fell into place.But Emily and Charlene soon learn that Satan can assume a pleasing form and not everything at Earth Mother Acres is as it appears. Charlenes car suddenly breaks down the manicured grounds are marred by strange unsettling smells and Emily discovers a childs discarded clothing in the bottom of her cabin closet.Emilys therapy is rigorous and demanding. Her schedule is tightly controlled and her contact with the outside world is completely cut off. When she grows gradually sicker with each passing day she begins to wonder if she will leave Earth Mother Acres alive.