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A Bend in the Willow is a contemporary fiction novel by Susan Clayton-Goldner.
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Willowood, Kentucky 1965 – Robin Lee Carter sets a fire that kills her rapist, then disappears. She reinvents herself and is living a respectable life as Catherine Henry, married to a medical school dean in Tucson, Arizona. In 1985, when their 5-year-old son, Michael, is diagnosed with a chemotherapy-resistant leukemia, Catherine must return to Willowood, face her family and the 19-year-old son, a product of her rape, she gave up for adoption. She knows her return will lead to a murder charge, but Michael needs a bone marrow transplant. Will she find forgiveness, and is she willing to lose everything, including her life, to save her dying son?
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In Willowood, Kentucky, in 1965, 18-year-old Robin Lee Carter meets violence with violence, then disappears. Forever. She reinvents herself, changes her name, and 20 years later is living a good life with her husband, Ben, a medical school dean, and their five-year-old son, Michael. Her nest of lies begins to unravel when Michael is diagnosed with a chemotherapy-resistant leukemia. Family members make the best donors. Neither Catherine nor her husband is a match. Catherine must face her past, go back to Willowood where she knows she’ll be charged with murder, in order to find her brother and the secret son she gave up for adoption. Michael’s life is at stake and she will risk everything, even her life, to save him.
(Susan Clayton-Goldner, February 2017)
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