Journalists Debut Novel Explores Extreme Solution for Parents of Troubled Teens
Summary
DELIVER HER, a debut novel by journalist Patricia Perry Donovan, is a searing exploration of a daughter’s grief, a mother’s desperation, and an endless highway of deception.At her wit’s end, the mother makes a fateful call to a transporter who specializes in shuttling troubled teens to therapeutic programs, unbeknownst to her estranged husband.Susan Breen, author of The Fiction Class and the upcoming Maggie Dove mystery series, hails it as “A perfect book club book—a powerful story about a mothers efforts to save a daughter who seems to be going out of control.This crisis intervention is frequently employed in the wake of troubling behavior such as substance abuse, addiction or violence.A family saga told from multiple points of view—mother, daughter and transporter—DELIVER HER has garnered nearly 350 five-star reviews at amazon.com since its April 1, 2016 release.Susan Breen, author of The Fiction Class and the upcoming Maggie Dove mystery series, hails it as “A perfect book club book—a powerful story about a mothers efforts to save a daughter who seems to be going out of control.
