Family Secrets
Author: Donna M. Zadunajsky
Genre: Women's Drama / Suspense / Mystery
Date Published: December 2014
Book Description:
Alexis has
had big dreams all her life, and she’s worked hard to make them happen! After
college she married and had a beautiful baby boy, living her dream as “Mommy”
until Colton was safely entrenched in grade school. She lands her dream job at
NASA, and her supportive husband, Jay, takes the lead on raising their son. The
perfect family, right?
Twelve
years later with no warning and no reason, Jay commits suicide. Colton goes
into denial and blames his mother; Alexis buries herself in her work.
Seven
months later, Alexis’s biggest dream comes true. She’s going to be on the next
space shuttle! Her victory is short-lived when she finds out she has breast
cancer. As her health declines, Colton delves into the dangerous circumstances
of his father’s death.
“Family
Secrets” crept into Alexis’s life when she wasn’t paying attention. Will she
and her son ever find out the truth? Or is it too late?
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Excerpt
Alexis drove out of the parking lot and
headed towards the Martin Andersen Beachline Express. When she arrived at Cape Canaveral, she drove to Canaveral City
Park. There she sat and
stared at the Atlantis Space Shuttle in the far distance. Imagining the day she
would climb inside one just like it and soar through the sky towards the
unknown; to a whole new universe where she didn’t have to think about her life
and everything that had gone wrong.
Now, it would take years before she received another chance. IF—and it
was a very big “IF”—she ever received another chance. That is, IF she could
beat breast cancer. This opportunity was something she wasn’t sure she could
pass up. Her health was important to her, but so was her job, and if her boss
found out, there would be no flying into outer space.
Reclining her seat back, she closed her eyes and rubbed her temples,
trying to calm down enough to ease the tension headache. Her thoughts
involuntarily went to her late husband, and she wished Jay could be with her.
Jay would’ve known what to do. He could always comfort her in a way no man had
ever done before or since. He was thoughtful and kind, always putting her needs
above his own. God, how she wished he was here with her now!
There was never a day she didn’t think of him and miss him. She asked
herself as she did all the time, “Why did he have to die?” Then, she wondered
how she had been able to cope with his death. Of course, she had continued to
mourn, but she really couldn’t remember how she’d got through the loss and pain
of losing someone so close to her.
After the funeral seven months ago, she’d concentrated on raising their
seventeen-year-old son, Colton,
but she’d jumped straight back into her work. She wasn’t thankful Jay had died
when he did. She’d been glad at the time that Colton was almost old enough to take care of
himself, but she wasn’t sure if he grieved the way she did. So many nights of
lying in bed crying herself to sleep; then one day she climbed out of bed and
moved on with her life as if nothing had ever happened
About the Author
Donna M. Zadunajsky was born and raised in Bristolville, Ohio, and
resides in Homer Glen, Illinois. She has written seven children’s books that
are about her daughter and all the adventures she has done in her young life.
They are currently on the Barnes and Noble website, at Amazon.com, and at
www.littletscorner.com. Available in eBook and paperback.
She spends her time writing short stories as well as novels. She
published her first novel ‘Broken Promises,’ in June 2012 and has currently
finished her second novel ‘Not Forgotten.’ Besides writing, she enjoys spending
time with her daughter and husband, their dog and two cats. She enjoys reading
and working on crafts and scrapbooking. She graduated from The Institute of
Children’s Literature in spring 2011.
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