Divas of Damascus Road

by Stimpson, Michelle

• ISBN13: 9780446577465
• ISBN10: 0446577464
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-07-12
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Summary

The title of this thought-provokingbook makes reference to the Damascus Road experience ofSaul (Paul) of the Bible whose encounter with God on thatroad turned his life aroundIf it were not for the wedding of her favouriteaunt, Gloria, Diane would never have returned toDentonville, Texas. She has been gone for 20 years butthe devastation of growing up with a drug addicted andmentally ill mother still haunts her. After being blamedas a five year old for the death of her baby sister,Shannon, Diane has grown up with a broken spirit and ashattered heart that has led her all too often into thebeds of men she barely knows. But Diane isnrs"tthe only woman in the family running from her past.Dianers"s younger cousins, Yolanda and Regina,who she thinks of as sisters, are struggling with aneating disorder and a paralyzing fear of an intimaterelationship. The familyrs"s burdens get heavieras Dianers"s mother, Joyce Ann, slips deeper anddeeper into schizophrenia. Surprisingly, it is Gloria,the most trusted and seemingly stable member of thefamily who has the most devastating and life-alteringsecret of all.