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Cover and title changed. See "Mother's Secret: An International Novel."

From the moment 17-year-old Joan secretly gives her infant daughter up for adoption, she struggles with guilt. She marries but does not tell her husband about the baby. Joan grapples with her personal demons in a British colony in Africa.

When 48-year-old Joan and her husband travel to Jerusalem for the wedding of their son, Joan meets her daughter whom she had not seen since she gave her up for adoption. Will Joan find a way to reconcile with her unforgiving child?

Paths cross and common needs draw people to each other with the web of friendships, romance and loss in Africa, Israel and California. Bonds of hope, emotions and companionship tie the story and characters together.