Synopsis "Bishop Street"
Bishop Street is an emotional, gut-wrenching journey of survival, friendship, and second chances... Margaret Gray for the past twenty years has hidden behind a facade of normalcy. She wasn't always rich and famous. At the age of seven her mother abandons her on the steps of the Bishop Street Orphanage. Under the cruel tutelage of Sister Theresa, Maggie develops a powerful bond with her roommates, Elizabeth, Lucy, and Randolph. Their close friendship fortifies them against the years of abuse. Then at eighteen, one-by-one they are pushed out into a world they knew nothing about. With one small suitcase and a handful of memories-will they survive? Maggie is thirty-nine and a successful author, but her nightmares are back and she is unable to keep all that she has built from crumbling around her. It's been twenty years since she's heard from her friends. Why didn't they answer her letters? Why didn't they contact her? Had they survived... ? Or... had Sister Theresa deceived them with lies, aiming to destroy their friendship, forever? Sister Theresa is dead and with nothing left to fear, Maggie hires Damon Depre, a private investigator to find her friends and seek the truth. This starts her down a twisted path that will once again, test her strength of character. From the small towns in North Dakota, across the exotic beaches in Mexico, and searching the streets of homeless shelters in Los Angeles... will Maggie find more than just her friends? Reviewer/ Nerd Girl Bloggers - Shelby: Wow! This book was nothing short of fantastic! Bishop Street is a heart-wrenching, tear jerking story of survival, friendship, and second chances. Her characters were sheer perfection. Lynelle - Reviewer - South Africa A heartwarming and emotional book that touched the very basics of human kind. The need to belong, to be accepted, to be seen and most of all to be validated. Wanda -Wanda's Amazing Amazon Reviewers (WaAr) Facebook This is an amazing story. I cannot recommend it enough. Nothing like your normal read. It has a raw truthfulness to it that I adore. Author - Cheryl Renee Seagraves Rene Schultz tells this heart-warming story with depth and understanding, interwoven with an attention to detail that pulls the reader in. Bishop Street is a story that takes the reader from cruelty, to the high-life, to the gritty streets and back to safety...
