Lost Faith

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Eric Dunning was only twelve and in the last six months had watched his mother Erica waste away with cancer, eight years after the death of his father Jack in the early months of fighting in Afghanistan. Torn away from everything he has ever known, a happy southern California life with his mother and his best friend April, he is sent to the complete opposite side of the country to live with an aunt and cousin he has never met. Enduring one trauma after another, circumstances alter the way he sees life, God, and himself in ways he could never have imagined.

Set against the backdrop of rural northern New Hampshire in the 2010s, Lost Faith combines elements of coming-of-age, transformation, self-discovery, and romance, interwoven with a potential answer to the question, "Why does a loving God allow good people to suffer?" It is written as a companion story to the novel, Every Day is Your Last.

This book is dedicated to my mother Linda, who loved me enough
to make the right decisions for me, even when they felt wrong. It
was worth the sorrow and pain of getting here to be your daughter.

Copyright © 2019, 2021 Roberta Elder - All Rights Reserved

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This is a work of fiction. The names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents herein are either the products of the authors imagination or are used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events or firms is purely coincidental. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing and signed by the author, nor be otherwise circulated in any form other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed upon the subsequent publisher.

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Very nice story

I liked how the transformation bits were glossed over, keeping the story focused on the primary characters and their interactions. About the only bits that seemed false were the lack of more family at Erica's (the first) passing away and Heather's behavior in sending Eric away, though I could kind of accept it since she was only related by marriage.

>>> Kay

No Family

RobertaME's picture

Thanks for commenting! It's the only payment I get, so it means a lot.

As for there being no family there when Erica's mother died, the second book, Every Day is Your Last goes into the details as to why, as it's a prequel story that ends the day she dies. As for sending Erica away, she was doing what she thought was best for her sister-in-law's child. I don't want to spoil the 2nd book, so I'll just leave it at that.

Thanks again so much for your comment!
RobertaME