Whatever your reaction, I think you will agree that it has been a long time since you have read a book with the sheer emotional impact of ONE CHILD. And parts of this book – Sheila’s gradual realisation of her own potential – may make you cheer. Parts of this book – Sheila’s quiet description of her anger and fears and doubts – will make you cry. Parts of this book – the savage sexual molestation – will enrage you. ONE CHILD is Torey Hayden’s story of her attempt to tap the unbelievable capacity of this tortured child. Sheila came into Torey Hayden’s class for “special children” at the age of 6 after having tied a 3-year-old child to a tree and critically burned him. As all four are forced to confront the brutal reality of the Montana mountains, so too are they forced to face their damaged lives in this moving new novel of loss and redemption from bestselling author Torey Hayden. Then Billy puts into motion a plan almost too appalling to contemplate, and from which there is no escape. Local girl, Dixie, a struggling single mother who has just lost her baby, tries to make ends meet while her feckless boyfriend Billy drifts from one job to another, always believing his next moneymaking scheme will be the winner.Ībove them in the magnificent mountains surrounding Abundance, jaded Hollywood actor Spencer Scott conceals himself from the paparazzi on the ranch that has been his pristine sanctuary until the arrival of his obnoxious, nine-year-old son. They got no idea they’re destroying what they love most.”Ībundance, Montana, once a lively mining town in the days of the wild west, is now not much more than a ghost town. “The thing you got to understand about foxes,” Dixie said, “is that they’re innocent of what they’re doing.

Murphy's Boy by Torey L. Hayden