Judy L. Mandel
REPLACEMENT CHILD
Judy L. Mandel
A Memoir
All content © Judy L. Mandel 2008 - 2010
About
The Book
A plane crash—the impossible choice a mother must make—the death of a child—leave a hole in the family that threatens to tear it apart. In a great act of hope, the parents give birth to a “replacement child,” born to heal wounds and provide a “salve for the burns.” The child unwittingly plays her role throughout childhood, riding the deep and hidden currents of the family tragedy. Years later, as an adult, she discovers the truth of her family’s life-changing event and the complex layers of her own relationships with her father, mother, and sister. Not until she finally has a child of her own does she come to grips with what she silently has known all along: Anything can happen. Planes fall from the sky.
A story of love and transformation, Replacement Child reveals the everyday realities behind so many tragic headlines, as you follow one woman’s brave path to recovery—sometimes through laughter, sometimes through tears—as she embraces the love that allows her to finally forgive.
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