The Williams family is in mourning. It's been almost ten years since the accident, but healing is slow, especially for a family whose creed is based on the belief that,"The past is in the past and that's where it should stay." Nobody in the Williams family talks about death or the fact that Dad is an alcoholic or that mom is just too tired and sad to raise her other eight children. When we first meet eight-year-old Suzanne, she is alone, daydreaming in her next-door neighbor's yard. It is there, sitting next to the Peterson's fence or on the floor of her bedroom closet, that she feels the most safe. Safe to fantasize about a world in which she would like to live. In her ideal world, dads don't drink, moms are attentive and brothers don't die. When a young hippie couple move into the neighbor's upstairs apartment, a relationship quickly develops between Suzanne and the couple. This friendship sparks a desire within Suzanne to have a real relationship with her own family. In order for this dream to become a reality, Suzanne must seek answers to questions that most members of her family have been trying to avoid for years. Set during the 1970s in an industrial suburb of Detroit, this is a story of hope, forgiveness, healing and friendship.

Memories of a Mud Bee: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

Ball, Madonna

Contemporary

Humble Hound Publishing

Fifteen-year-old Daisy Doyle's life reads like a modern day tragedy. In the midst of nursing her already broken heart after a disappointing breakup with her first real boyfriend, Daisy receives a second and even more devastating blow. Denny, her youngest brother has disappeared. The police aren't convinced that he's truly missing, but the tiny hairs standing up on the back of her neck tell her otherwise. Daisy, who has always been emotionally fragile, officially comes unhinged as her once nearly perfect life and family begin to unravel. She hadn't planned on taking her own life, but when she snaps at school and runs out in front of a bus, almost accidentally killing herself, she begins to think that maybe death doesn't sound so bad after all. In an attempt to save what's left of their shattered family, Daisy's parents seek out professional help from Ava Blume, a psychologist whose tragic past is far more complicated than even Daisy's. With Ava's help, Daisy manages to get her life back on track. But when heartbreak comes knocking a third time, Daisy must make a difficult choice--succumb to the depression and anxiety that has crept back into her life or take a chance and give life and love another shot.

Daisy Doyle

Teen & Young Adult

Abuzz Press

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