Andrea McKenzie Raine

Beyond the Summer Grass - Turnstiles Andrea McKenzie Raine

Evelyn Flanders, a former prostitute living abroad, has begun to get her life together. After discovering she is pregnant while residing in London, England, she decides to move back to her small hometown in Indiana to raise her child, a daughter, in the same house where she first experienced abuse. She wants to face her demons and reclaim her damaged past by transforming her childhood home into a positive, stable place to move forward. Evelyn didn't count on the long memory of the small town residents. Years later, when her 13-year-old daughter is accidentally killed in a bullying incident, Evelyn is forced to rebuild her life once again. She sets out to find reconciliation for keeping a secret from her daughter that may have saved her life, and unexpectedly brings healing to people from her past whom she encounters. What secret could lead to a tragic death, stemming from a mother's protective love?