ASIN: B0187W9ON6
Publisher: Steel Wheel Publishing
Pages: 156
In 1971 against the seedy neon backdrop of New York City where violence reins free a young, pugnacious, woman struggles to overcome a dark and emotionally crippling past, alone. Her name is Riley Madison. Craving the things most of us take for granted, she squirrels away money earned by whatever means necessary with the aspiration of inventing a new life for herself.It is when that goal seems so imminent that tragedy strikes. Riley loses everything. She's homeless and unsure what's going to happen to her from one day to the next. And just as she reaches the brink, a ray of hope presents itself in the unlikely shape of an old man named Bennie Sadowski. A compassionate Holocaust survivor who offers friendship, a place for the young woman and her cat, Samson, to live. A safe harbor from the storm. But after years of hardship, of betrayal, of being bullied, Riley's capacity to trust people ...
