All she ever wanted Book

What a roller coaster!

Lynn Austin often has several tales going at once in her books. This was a bit different. These stories were a piecemeal history narrative of generations within this family, beginning with the main character's great grandfather who used his exceptionally beautiful daughter to swindle people.

Kathleen had never heard the stories unfolding by several characters about her grandmother, her mother or her father. But she had also kept her past a secret for decades, having been raised in near destitute conditions.

Years later as she travels back to the home she escaped over 35 years before, she realizes she knows little about her family, nor why things turned out the way they did. What is revealed is a cycle of sin, immoral behavior, abandonment and poor choices being passed down through the generations. Often the behavior is rationalized due to poverty and condoned because it was advantageous. But often there was great shame and repentance, and a story of redemption that was awe inspiring.

Kathleen takes a journey with her daughter to reveal a surprising past, learning how God's will comes to pass in astounding ways.