Peggy Fletcher Malone

Desperate Travelers Peggy Fletcher Malone

DESPERATE TRAVELERS: A novel of adventure following the desperate travels of a Central American mother and her three-year-old daughter who cross the southern U. S. border seeking asylum just to live. Immediately incarcerated they are shuffled from one detention center to another across the country. Ultimately separated, they seek reunification against all legal odds. Encountering a Nun and a Priest who hide and shelter them, the characters discover that they are simultaneously traveling a spiritual path with desperate challenges. Based on factual circumstances potentially experienced by migrants the novel is lived by fictional characters. Their perilous paths intertwine within the system of conflicted employees of the Migrant Industrial Complex who are seeking to maximize corporate profits. The book braids together the characters' frazzled lives with compassion and love. Through the dark clouds of societal fears, hatreds, racism, and greed, this novel filters rays of sunlight and hope on all of us who are desperate travelers.