The Candle of God

Fourteen-year-old Danny struggles with cystic fibrosis but that's not his only challenge; he's also on a quest to find his biological father. As Danny continues his quest his journey and his illness inspire visits from a cast of colorful lovable characters all bent on saving the life of a dying child. Converging on his California abode are his eccentric Jewish family including a pair of Gentile cousins and a dead grandfather plus a menagerie of unlikely guests – psychics an ex-rabbi a motorcycle gang a parade of faith healers and the head of the Tucson Atheist Society whom Danny believes is his real father. Author Donna Spector is an award-winning playwright novelist and poet who's earned the Masters of Poetry Prize and a number of other writing awards and nominations includingthe Pushcart Editors Book Award for this novel.