This book grabbed me from the first page and kept right on rolling! You cannot help but feel for the main character, Madora, who hasn't had an easy life and ends up brainwashed by a manipulative and controlling man posing as her savior. A very interesting and well written story with some extremely tense moments to keep you on the edge of your seat!
Madora Welles is seventeen and bent on living a wild, free life. She is still on a rolloer coaster ride after losing her father to suicide at the age of twelve.
Madora and her best friend, Kay Kay, attend a party at night that is rife with alcohol and drugs. Madora is given a puff of a new-to-her drug called crank and is immediately wiped out.
That is when her savior, Willis, appears. Willis is a strong and calming influence and treats her with respect and Madora believes that he really loves her and can protect her.
Madora fights her mother about the relationship and finally ends up leaving to go live with Willis in a remote, run-down shack in the mountains.
Here is where the story really starts. Willis and Madora are living alone and Madora is a waitress. Then Willis insists that she just stay home and take care of the house. Then he brings home a young girl named Linda who is pregnant. She is placed into an abandoned trailer and tied to the bed and it is Madora's job to feed her and keep her clean.
Madora adopts and cares for stray animals, including an abandoned baby coyote and a pit bull puppy that she names Foo. Willis is trying to enter medical school and takes care of elderly people at homes and privately. This is where Django Jones and Madora connect.
Django Jones has just lost his rock star father and mother in a sports car crash and has been moved to live with his aunt Robin. He is definitely missing his parents and has the eerie sensation when the phone rings that it will be his mother on the other end of the line.
The connection between Madora and Django takes some strange turns, but it is this young boy who makes the connection and helps Madora understand that her situation might not be the norm.
Drusilla Campbell has written a book that certainly makes you understand the heathenism that happens when you have a predator that can brainwash a needy soul into believing that what he wants is the only answer. This is a definite must-read.
Madora and her best friend, Kay Kay, attend a party at night that is rife with alcohol and drugs. Madora is given a puff of a new-to-her drug called crank and is immediately wiped out.
That is when her savior, Willis, appears. Willis is a strong and calming influence and treats her with respect and Madora believes that he really loves her and can protect her.
Madora fights her mother about the relationship and finally ends up leaving to go live with Willis in a remote, run-down shack in the mountains.
Here is where the story really starts. Willis and Madora are living alone and Madora is a waitress. Then Willis insists that she just stay home and take care of the house. Then he brings home a young girl named Linda who is pregnant. She is placed into an abandoned trailer and tied to the bed and it is Madora's job to feed her and keep her clean.
Madora adopts and cares for stray animals, including an abandoned baby coyote and a pit bull puppy that she names Foo. Willis is trying to enter medical school and takes care of elderly people at homes and privately. This is where Django Jones and Madora connect.
Django Jones has just lost his rock star father and mother in a sports car crash and has been moved to live with his aunt Robin. He is definitely missing his parents and has the eerie sensation when the phone rings that it will be his mother on the other end of the line.
The connection between Madora and Django takes some strange turns, but it is this young boy who makes the connection and helps Madora understand that her situation might not be the norm.
Drusilla Campbell has written a book that certainly makes you understand the heathenism that happens when you have a predator that can brainwash a needy soul into believing that what he wants is the only answer. This is a definite must-read.
