A Crack in the Sky
Goldie and her brother TJ grow up in a New England town, living with their mentally imbalanced mother. The biggest secret of their lives is that no one from the outside world knows what actually goes on inside their home. Their greatest fear is telling someone, however, they are terrified of the consequences. All they really want is a 'normal' mother who loves them and treats them like she cares, but that doesn't happen. The day-to-day abuse that they experience is all too common. Their father works relentlessly and for most of the time is blinded by their mother's actions. Fortunately they have a loving Grandmother who tries her best to help them deal with this insane behavior without actually getting involved. Her love for them is unrivaled, and she continues to be there for them at their time of need.
With only the prospect of a bleak future, they are forced to consider a brighter alternative. Their days at school are met with equal torment; their mother – aka the Witch – holds a tight rein on everything they do and say: the church, how they dress, what they eat, and how they bathe. So, with few options other than to resort to drastic measures, Goldie and her brother decide to embark on a risky undertaking, which although dangerous, might prove to be their only salvation. The Mother, with albeit good intentions keeps excruciatingly tight control over every single, solitary thing in their lives. It becomes like the Witch is the warden and Goldie and TJ are her prisoners. This is how they manage their lives living this way and what eventually happens to them.
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A Crack in the Sky
Goldie and her brother TJ grow up in a New England town, living with their mentally imbalanced mother. The biggest secret of their lives is that no one from the outside world knows what actually goes on inside their home. Their greatest fear is telling someone, however, they are terrified of the consequences. All they really want is a 'normal' mother who loves them and treats them like she cares, but that doesn't happen. The day-to-day abuse that they experience is all too common. Their father works relentlessly and for most of the time is blinded by their mother's actions. Fortunately they have a loving Grandmother who tries her best to help them deal with this insane behavior without actually getting involved. Her love for them is unrivaled, and she continues to be there for them at their time of need.
With only the prospect of a bleak future, they are forced to consider a brighter alternative. Their days at school are met with equal torment; their mother – aka the Witch – holds a tight rein on everything they do and say: the church, how they dress, what they eat, and how they bathe. So, with few options other than to resort to drastic measures, Goldie and her brother decide to embark on a risky undertaking, which although dangerous, might prove to be their only salvation. The Mother, with albeit good intentions keeps excruciatingly tight control over every single, solitary thing in their lives. It becomes like the Witch is the warden and Goldie and TJ are her prisoners. This is how they manage their lives living this way and what eventually happens to them.
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A Crack in the Sky

A Crack in the Sky

by Victoria G. Parnham
A Crack in the Sky

A Crack in the Sky

by Victoria G. Parnham

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Overview

Goldie and her brother TJ grow up in a New England town, living with their mentally imbalanced mother. The biggest secret of their lives is that no one from the outside world knows what actually goes on inside their home. Their greatest fear is telling someone, however, they are terrified of the consequences. All they really want is a 'normal' mother who loves them and treats them like she cares, but that doesn't happen. The day-to-day abuse that they experience is all too common. Their father works relentlessly and for most of the time is blinded by their mother's actions. Fortunately they have a loving Grandmother who tries her best to help them deal with this insane behavior without actually getting involved. Her love for them is unrivaled, and she continues to be there for them at their time of need.
With only the prospect of a bleak future, they are forced to consider a brighter alternative. Their days at school are met with equal torment; their mother – aka the Witch – holds a tight rein on everything they do and say: the church, how they dress, what they eat, and how they bathe. So, with few options other than to resort to drastic measures, Goldie and her brother decide to embark on a risky undertaking, which although dangerous, might prove to be their only salvation. The Mother, with albeit good intentions keeps excruciatingly tight control over every single, solitary thing in their lives. It becomes like the Witch is the warden and Goldie and TJ are her prisoners. This is how they manage their lives living this way and what eventually happens to them.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940151642767
Publisher: FriesenPress
Publication date: 04/22/2015
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 176
File size: 398 KB

About the Author

Victoria G. Parnham is from Maine where the story unfolds. As a child, her greatest pleasure was reading books and her favorite writer at that time was Grace Livingston Hill.

“I thought to myself, I would love to be a writer. About twenty years ago, I took a writing course. Writing is the best way I have of expressing myself and for me, it just flows. So, to start, I keep little notes on index cards/post its and I don’t actually keep them in much order. When I undertook this project, I laid them all out on a table and picked which ones I could use in my book and which ones could be saved for future use. Incidentally, my instructor stated that I had too much information and had more than enough for a second book. I got my idea from the commercial I saw once, ‘words hit a child as hard as a fist.’ I built it from there.”

Stephen King once said to take an idea and see what kind of fossil you can dig up. Having talked mostly to adults who were the victims of child abuse – including verbal and mental abuse – she has heard of several instances where they would rather have been struck or beaten than to endure the constant criticism and humiliation of cruel, hateful, belittling words in addition to being told they were ‘wrong’ all the time, being told they were dumb or stupid and everything they did or said was wrong.

A Crack in the Sky is the author’s debut novel.
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