Raising Redemption: A Novel of Shame, Secrets, Sacrifice, and Struggle

✍ Scribed by R. A. Russell

• Publisher: Langdon Street Press
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

They warned her about the boy. He came from the Samson family, whose men brought disgrace to the Tilman women for generations. But seventeen-year-old Alicia Tilman didn't stay away, and her resulting pregnancy would reveal the dark Tilman family secret: Alicia's father, Ben, who had worked to establish a name synonymous with respect, honor, and dignity, is the bastard son of Richard Samson, brought to this world from rape and humiliation. The threat of the unborn child to the family's dignity had to be removed. But Alicia, in hopes that her baby would grow up to be a man like her father, runs, and makes a decision that will alter her relationship with her family forever. Raising Redemption chronicles four generations of Tilmans as they search for the things that will relieve the pain of the past. They discover the ultimate gift of love and the true legacy left for the Tilmans to embrace. It is a sweeping tribute to the salvation that can only be found from within.