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In 1920, the three Crenshaw children are orphaned.


Brenda despairs over her separation from her brothers. Eventually, she finds solace with her neighbor, Nicholas.


Reginald quickly accepts his new life on a farm. After a failed marriage, during World War II, he finds the woman who fills his life with meaning.


Mathew grieves most severely. He settles into the life of a poet in France. He finds the love he longed for. Her demise sinks him into deep despair. When he returns to America, he is rescued by a new love.


The trials of separation, war, and lost loved ones trigger the human instinct to recover in the Crenshaws. They find acceptable substitutes.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherAuthorHouse
Release dateJul 6, 2005
ISBN9781463458522
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Bobbie Barton

Bobbie Barton was born on Long Island, New York during the depression years. She grew up in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. Her main source of entertainment was a weekly walk to the local library. Her love of reading became a passion for writing at an early age. As is often the case lifes detours postponed her desire to create literature. Love led to marriage and raising a family. During the Korean conflict her husband was stationed in Munich, Germany. She was able to join him there and the couples first child was born on foreign soil. Life proceeded apace and it wasnt until the 1990s she was able to pursue her dream of creating entertaining novels. RANDOM DETOURS is her eighth novel and she intends to continue writing fiction as long as there are readers to enjoy her stories.

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