DAISY CHAIN
Defiance Texas Trilogy Book 1
By Mary DeMuth
Zondervan
978-310-27836-8
Long before Daisy Chance went missing, Jed Pepper knew that life was unpredictable.
Long before weeks passed without any word from his best friend, Jed Pepper knew life wasn’t fair.
Long before the final tragedy played out, Jed Pepper knew well that life didn’t give a person what they deserved.
But then Jed knew a lot of hard things about life by the time he’d reached the age of fourteen. But even knowing those things, Jed kept looking for the story to change, for the ending to play out different.
Jed Pepper never gave up hope.
In this poignant coming of age story we see the most horrific nightmare that can be imagined played out in just the first pages. A child goes missing, her last words coming back again and again to haunt the young boy who saw her last. “You’ll regret it.” The words hung on the air, and in the heart of the boy who stubbornly refused to give up home when everyone else did.
Jed Pepper’s life isn’t easy. Living in an abusive home, is it any wonder that he’s got a lot of questions about what God is really like…especially given the one hurting him is his preacher papa? But the one thing Jed does have is hope. And the fragile faith that maybe, just maybe, God cares about him after all.
This book will haunt you long after you turn the last page. The answers aren’t all there, and so leaves you hungry for the next book that’s sure to come. What we do have is this, a story about change. About second chances. And about God’s love shining in the darkest of places.
Don’t miss this one. You’ll surely regret it if you do….
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