Carmel Hanes

Crooked Grow the Trees Carmel Hanes

TWISTED LIVES, HIDDEN TRUTHS, INESCAPABLE COLLISIONS.

Sophia escapes her own dark past by entering the broken worlds of the young men she mentors. She's a survivor who can show the way. Or is she? Are some beyond redemption...and can she tell which?

Sophia's father's sudden death splinters the family tree in shocking ways. The resulting storm pits doubt against certainty, brother against sister, rejection against acceptance, and throws Sophia into a tangle of vague memories and old wounds.

Unbalanced by her personal life and shaken by heartbreaking events at work, Sophia is pulled toward collisions she doesn't see coming.

This insightful, thought-provoking, emotional novel explores themes of trauma, relationships, love, and how much is hidden from others and ourselves. Realistic and raw, it contains occasional sensitive language and brief non-graphic violence.