Overview
All art therapist Ella Donovan wants is to do is forget her past and be in control of her own life. That means she must distance herself from her alcoholic grandmother and the mean, Podunk Minnesota town she grew up in. She packs her car with everything she owns and heads to an old Southern city of colorful bridges, sunshine and gleaming ocean beaches for a job interview at a government rehab for teens struggling with addiction. But not all is, as it seems in this antebellum city where the Confederate flag still flies over the downtown courthouse. Nearly unhinged by a boss who dislikes her, Southern gentleman who aren't so gentlemanly and a corrupt social service system complicated by an escalating AIDS crisis, Ella struggles to find her footing. Moral and ethical reckonings abound as Ella and her co-worker and sarcastic sidekick, Jo Gaetano, challenge the corrupt government rehab system. But just when Ella thinks she's mastered it all, family secrets from the past threaten to uproot the very foundation of her identity. Two Spoons of Bitter explores the legacy of generations of betrayal and unfinished business. Ella Donovan must face the past in order to excavate and heal her deepest wounds. She must learn to love, to trust, to forgive, and ultimately how to redeem her own life.
- | Author: Sonja Mongar
- | Publisher: Paradise Alley Publishing
- | Publication Date: Jun 03, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 354 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
- | ISBN-10: 069205524X
- | ISBN-13: 9780692055243
