Have you hugged a child lately? A foster child? An immigrant?

This novel shines the light on the foster care system. It is about a man named Manny, a good-ol-boy from the mountains of Virginia, who was himself a foster child. As an adult he provides a home for foster children. One of the children is Maria. She is ten-years-old when her parents, who were illegal immigrants, were deported back to El Salvador and she and her baby sister were left in America as a better alternative to living in a country at war. Her parents had to make the heart-wrenching decision to leave them behind. She and her sister were separated, as was her Aunt Ana. Maria wasn't placed at Manny's Acres until she is almost fifteen-years-old. She bounced from home to home in the interim.

Manny and Maria become a team as they provide love and care to Suzy, Oliver, Joey and a lot more children... and horses. Lots of horses. But Maria never stopped hoping to find out the truth about what happened to her family. Maria loved Manny's philosophy: You don't have to be blood to be a family. Manny loved people. All people. Foster children, immigrants, gays, homeless, Black, White, Hispanic, anybody and everybody. He even loved the dead that were buried on his property. Oh, and he helps to solve a mystery or two as he aids Maria in finding her truth.

Why did you write about children? I am keenly aware that American's have lost empathy for the children that are on the fringes of society. Like foster children. They are someone else's problem. Immigrants are someone else's problem. Minority's are someone else's problem. Manny's Acres is a place of inclusion. Manny makes them all his problem. He is a Godly man as the reader will see as the story unfolds. It is intended to evoke emotion and stir feelings in the reader but just when you think you have it all figured out, BAM!

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