Loving Donovan

Loving Donovan by Bernice L. McFadden      288 pages

Life can be so hard for children growing up in broken homes, homes where the parents go full charge at one another in arguments and fights turning to alcohol, etc. and turning away from their children who aren't kept safe from predators.   Even when a Grandmother thinks she is on top of things the nicest people you have known for years can turn out to be devils in disguise then children are forced to grow up damaged by what has been done to them.  Some can rise above but the struggle is a constant battle against the raging demons in their head they are forced to live with in the aftermath.   A good book, with sad things taking place but also strength and love working to overcome invisible enemies.    Not for everyone, but, it might be a help for others in the same situation.   Taken strictly as a story and that is what it is, it is good literature, taken as the topic it deals with and how the people involved deal with the circumstances they have no control over but choose to live it is a book of strength.

 - Shirley J.