Forgiveness Road, Mandy Mikulencak
Forgiveness Road, Mandy Mikulencak
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Forgiveness Road

Author: Mandy Mikulencak

Narrator: Amy Landon

Unabridged: 10 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/26/2019

Categories: Fiction, Family Life, Women


Synopsis

To their Mississippi community, the death of well-regarded attorney Richard Pickering is a fascinating scandal. To Cissy's distraught mother, Caroline, it's an unforgivable crime. But in Cissy's troubled mind, killing her father was the only way she knew to save the two people she loves most in the world. For years, Cissy has endured a devil’s bargain with her father, hoping that he would leave her younger sisters alone if she kept his abuse to herself. When that thin trust shattered, she saw no other choice.

Janelle Clayton, the family's matriarch, has kept her distance from her daughter, Caroline—a fact she now regrets—yet she hopes to do right by her granddaughter. Cissy has always been an unusual girl, given to compulsive counting and list-making, but Janelle believes her implicitly. When Cissy is remanded to the Greater Mississippi State Hospital, a caring psychiatrist tries to help, yet new revelations drive Cissy to retreat even further from reality. It will fall to Janelle, despite her own failing health, to become Cissy's advocate and rescuer. And over the course of an unlikely road trip, Janelle and Cissy will confront the truths they’ve hidden from the world and themselves, finding courage, deep-rooted resilience, and a bond tender and tough enough to transform them both.

About Mandy Mikulencak

Mandy Mikulencak has been a writer her entire working life; first, as a journalist, then as an editor and PR specialist for two national nonprofits and a United Nations agency. She currently lives in the mountains of Southwest Colorado with her husband.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cheryl on November 12, 2019

Wow, after reading this book I had to take a time out to just breathe. Some authors write books but this author wrote a story. A story that grasped my mind, heart and soul right from the beginning all the way to the end. This book is Amazing to the point where it never lost a word, a sentence, a par......more

Goodreads review by Judy on March 04, 2019

What a beautifully written heartwarming and moving story! I adored (5 Stars) The Last Suppers (2017) and Mandy Mikulencak returns with an even more powerful and compelling tale of love, forgiveness, and redemption with FORGIVENESS ROAD. Highly recommend the audiobook, narrated by Amy Landon (a beau......more

Goodreads review by Sue on January 20, 2019

This novel is about three generations of women in the same family who have their lives spiral out of control one hot day in July. This event changes all of their futures and what they believe about their pasts. On a hot, humid July morning, sixteen-year-old Cissy Pickering calmly and deliberately sho......more

Goodreads review by The Geeky Bibliophile on January 29, 2019

Sixteen-year-old Cissy Pickering would do anything to protect her little sisters—even if that meant shooting their father in the back. It was a scandal that rocked the town, estranging Cissy from her mother, Caroline, and her beloved sisters. Only Cissy's grandmother Janelle stands by her, and she n......more

Goodreads review by Terri on February 18, 2019

** I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you** This story covers some pretty serious topics ranging from sexual abuse, mental health and racial boundaries in the 1970's. Naturally I had to read it. I went through several emoti......more