Hayley Green's life is on edge, not knowing how long she might live.
Ben Hunt's life is over the edge. But try as he might, he can't get back.
Sheer coincidence brings them together.
Sheer courage and determination saves both....or does it.
You won't be able to put it down.
Funny, poignant and rich with compelling characters,
The Road Back Isn' t Straight is an engrossing tale
of deep sorrow and salvation
Reviews from Amazon.....
This story grabs you from the beginning and really makes
you care about the characters. I really enjoyed the book!
By Fletch
This is a page-turner. Dr. Gottesman has a gift for story telling
and character development. I am eagerly awaiting his next book.
By BK
Grace Grace Pine's life is not easy.
Raised in a Montana orphanage, she is tormented that no one wanted her.
Incredibly, Grace stumbles onto obscure clues about her family.
From there, a search for her roots begins, a search that will test her
endurance and courage.
Riveting but tender, The Search of Grace will captivate you
from the first page.
Review from Chanticleer Book Reviews (http://www.chantireviews.com) September, 2015....
Marketing Blurb: A woman’s desperate search for her biological family threatens to imperil all she holds
dear as she battles her own PTS demons.
In November, 1972, the sisters of St. Joseph’s Orphanage in Missoula, Montana were stunned to find that a
small child, approximately two years old, had been left on their doorstep in the middle of the night.
Though she appeared to be in good health and had clearly been well cared for, she carried no identification.
After six weeks of attempts by the orphanage and the police to discover who she was, the sisters decided to
name her Grace Helena Pine, and to give her a birth date of January 1st.
This incident was the first of several that led Grace to believe—as many orphaned children do—that no one would ever
truly want her. Her biological parents, an absent yet silently malevolent force in her
life, had never wanted her; potential adoptive parents who loved her were forced to give her back to the orphanage.
And once she turned eighteen, even the orphanage asked her to leave.
Through luck and no small amount of determination, Grace eventually meets and marries a young doctor, has children,
and achieves her own professional success as a professor in linguistics.
Years of counseling and hard work have paid off in terms of a reasonably normal life with a family she deeply loves.
But she remains haunted by the traumas of her childhood, many of which are similar to those suffered by children in her
circumstances. Deep down, she understands that she will never be completely whole until she knows where she came from.
Through serendipity, her daughter and her nephew both see a woman on the news who looks so much like Grace that both
children think she is Grace. The woman even has the same unique mannerisms. Grace decides to investigate, and as
she slowly unravels the truth about her past, she unknowingly threatens the lives of others as well as her own.
Someone very powerful doesn’t want the truth revealed.
A former oncologist, James Gottesman uses his extensive medical knowledge as well as detailed research into the
psychology of abandoned children to craft a fascinating suspense novel. He accurately portrays the plight of
illegitimate children in the late twentieth century, institutionalized by wealthy and powerful families afraid
of the potential stain on their good name. Gottesman also shows how such an emotionally fraught situation can cause
the biological family members to react with denial and suspicion, making it difficult for the child to ever develop a
meaningful relationship with them. However, as Dr. Gottesman reminds us: genetics are irrefutable and will almost always
cause the truth to come out.
Gottesman’s characters are engaging and well-developed characters; his story builds on itself as the tension heightens
and suspense builds. Highly recommended for those who enjoy women’s fiction novels with literary complexity, but that
are still page turners. The Search of Grace is a riveting and satisfying read.
Reviews from Amazon.....
This is the second book of his that I've read. Both books have been great stories.
In fact, i was reading "In Search of Grace" on a recent flight and I had about 20%
to go when we started our descent. It was one of only two times in my life that
I wished the flight was a little longer so i could finish the book. Really good
stories...look forward to another book
By LB
Author Jim Gottesman writes another great story. An interesting story of a woman's
search for her personal history, demonically taken and hidden from her by people she never
knew. A must read. Gottesman develops both his story and his characters very well.
By CS
