The Haunting of the Owens Family

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Review: A powerful story about one family's struggle with domestic abuse. How a single event, or words spoken can have a great impact for better or worse on one person, or the entire family. It also emphasizes the strength of the human spirit while living, and a possible glimpse of what may occur to the spirit after death. For those who are questioning whether they can change their lives for the better, this is the book for them. The story allows the readers to evaluate their own lives and face up to the negative energy that may surround them. Because, at the core of the story is magic and hope, and the potential to be all the great things that make us human.

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Review: The Haunting of the Owens Family depicts one year in the life of a typical
suburban family. In the mid-1970s, Meggie and Dan and their four children
enjoy all the comforts of middle-class life. They have the house, the yard,
the neighborhood full of children.

Grace plays the theme song of M*A*S*H on her flute. Annabelle has an
Etch-A-Sketch, Colorforms, and a Poster of Leif Garrett in her bedroom.
Danny in his bright red windbreaker does wheelies as he races his bike
through the neighborhood with his new pal Vinnie. Elizabeth dreams of
college. On the surface all is well.

But a secret under the surface is tearing the fabric of this family. Is it
just a "domestic," as the police contend, or is it something else?

In prose that is full of poetry and wisdom, the author tells the whole truth
of a family's struggle to be "normal." With courage, the author shares the
trials and repercussions of an "expected" marriage. She shows how the jagged
edges of words can hurt when dealing with anger, depression, and death. She
also reveals the true worth of friendship and the strength of family ties.

This is a beautifully written first novel, and I look forward to more from
this author.

--Laura Ronge