Before the Storm
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Laural Lockwood's 15-year-old son Andy is "special". She lost him once through neglect, but is determined to make up for her mistakes. When she allows Andy to attend a local church social she is terrified whenthe church is consumed by fire. Andy survives and saves other children as well. Initially Andy basks in the role of unlikely hero but when the suspicion of arson is cast upon Andy, Laurel must ask herself how wellshe really knows her son, and how far she'll go to keep her promise to protect him forever.
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PUBLISHED
Don Mills, Ont. : MIRA, c2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: 470 p. ; 20 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780778325413
0778325415
SUBJECTS
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome -- Family relationships -- Fiction.
Arson -- Fiction.
Mothers and sons -- Fiction.