Motherless Child

Nothing impacts our lives as much as our families and our child hood. The "birth-bond" plays a major role in the formulation of our self-image, our proclivity for failure or success, our personal happiness. Once these vital considerations are established, they can seldom be altered. Three generations plagued the MacGregor-Sterling-Southerland families like an incurable, inherited disease. One after another, the children paid for the sins of the parents, denied the affection that was their birthright. Beginning with the birth of Anna in 1897, the story spans six decades of family battle in America's heartland, amid the backdrop of the Great Depression and two World Wars. The weapons of choice included alcohol, drugs, obsessive love, interracial conflict, and murderous revenge. Haunted by the results, the reader is challenged to assign blame...but don't think about it too long, for your choice will constantly change.