Reunion

Returning to the rolling hills and richly patterned fields of the Wisconsin countryside for her father's burial, Natalie Bradshaw anticipates a somber, yet predictable and uncomplicated few days spent in funereal activity and the sorting out of legalities with which one is confronted in the passing of a parent. As she speeds along the interstate and winds her way through small towns and along scenic highways, she is immersed in nostalgic reflection. What she cannot foresee is another journey, a journey into the past with a man who was snatched from her life thirty years ago after their witnessing a brutal murder. Fragile from the recent loss of her husband, she must struggle to confront the past and to make sense of a present that is as confusing in content as it is soft summery Midwest in form. Reunion is the story of one man's lost childhood, the rediscovery of friendship, and the resilience of the human spirit. Beautifully written, the book deals with the underlying classic theme of challenges that must be overcome, hardships that must be faced, as stumbling blocks turn into stepping stones.