Rescuing Jenny

Rescuing Jenny
222 Pages
ISBN 9781544660325

What does child abuse look like? What would you do if you saw something that you thought was child abuse.

Donna Whitsfield made that decision after seeing an encounter between a mother and daughter, when she visited a little country church. Her pain from losing a baby during childbirth made Donna overly attentive to children. She is looking for fulfillment and thinks that God brought Jenny Moore into her life to fill that void. Her aggressive behavior toward Jenny's family caused a storm of fear, insecurity and finally grew into support and love for the Moore's, only after the church and family were upended and forced to face reality.

Loving a child is not enough to overcome the hurt and pain you cause. Families are a unit of support and respect for each member. Nelda Moore comes to a late realization that her method of child-rearing is hurting her whole family. The disappointments she has faced cloud her judgment in much of her life. She gives up on her dreams and tries to control Jenny in order to protect her. As Jenny draws away from her mother and toward Donna, Nelda realizes she needs to make big changes to get her daughter back.

A church community is the undoing of this family, but becomes its backbone.

Loraine Haynie

About Loraine Haynie (Atlanta, Georgia Author)

Loraine Haynie

Loraine Haynie grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, received a degree in Journalism from Brenau University and spent her career years in Gainesville, Georgia. When she retired as a director in human resources, she moved to an active adult community in Hoschton, Georgia, where life is laid-back and allows her to focus on her writing.

She is all about family personally and in her novels about Southern life. She has written three Southern-based books and is working on her fourth. Her first book, "All the Way", is a memoir of her mother released late 2017. Her second book, "Rescuing Jenny," is a contemporary Christian fiction about loss, misunderstanding, redemption and growth. The third, "Confronting the Pitchford Curse, is a biography of a strong-willed, talented woman who tirelessly built a fortune in land development, raised two talented daughters, saved her father's family name and fortune, and thrived in a 60-year marriage.

Loraine and her husband participate in a supportive church, spend time with their three children, their spouses and seven wonderful grandchildren!