EBOOK Solomon’s Oak

Solomons Oak is the story of three people who have suffered losses that changed their lives forever.Glory Solomon, a young widow, holds tight to her memories while she struggles to hold on to her Central California farm. She makes ends meet by hosting weddings in the chapel her husband had built under their two-hundred-year-old white oak tree, known locally as Solomons Oak. Fourteen-year-old Juniper McGuire is the lone survivor of a family decimated by her sisters disappearance. She arrives on Glorys doorstep, pierced, tattooed, angry, and homeless. When Glorys husband Dan was alive, they took in foster children, but Juniper may be more than she can handle alone. Joseph Vigil is a former Albuquerque police officer and crime lab photographer who was shot during a meth lab bust that took the life of his best friend. Now disabled and in constant pain, he arrives in California to fulfill his dream of photographing the states giant trees, including Solomons Oak.In Jo-Ann Mapsons deeply felt, wise, and gritty novel, these three broken souls will find in each other an unexpected comfort, the bond of friendship, and a second chance to see the miracles of everyday life.