Patricia Hamilton Shook
Seeking Glory
A Novel About Relationships, Loss, and Finding Your Way Home
This new Literary Women's Fiction is recommended to women who can identify with the lead character Kate: successful working women who have experienced family issues involving divorce, adult children, the challenges of raising grandchildren alone. For Kate this results in a spiritual self examination in terms of religious / spiritual beliefs following an encounter with a cult.
This novel has a strong element of family drama, spirituality, mystery and psychology with a startling conclusion all taking place within the cozy maritime settings of Cape Cod.
Kate LaRue is a divorced, successful businesswoman who owns an art gallery and gift store on Cape Cod. When she assumes custody of her young granddaughter Glory after the death of her long missing daughter Ally she soon discovers that Glory is mute and seemingly traumatized. To help her, she must try to solve the mystery of her granddaughter's origins. As she struggles to deal with her own and Ally's past she finds she is not the only one seeking Glory.