Sorrows MultipliedStaci Barfield, 2006 - 345 pages Laura Shaw is a single, pregnant, nineteen-year-old college student in the South in 1969. Under the influence of her image-obsessed mother she makes a decision that will shape the course of not only her own, but many other lives. Thea Tait is the young daughter of a physician willing to risk everything, including his family, for what he believes. When faced with a devastating loss, Thea begins her struggle with her fatheras profession, her motheras choices, and the path her own life takes. Set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, Roe vs. Wade, and civil unrest, the lives of these two women spiral dangerously close to one another. And when they finally converge, the relationships each has formed are put to the ultimate test. Sorrows Multiplied is a story of love, friendship, and family that tackles one of the most socially relevant and controversial topics of our time: abortion. |
Contents
Section 1 | 7 |
Section 2 | 27 |
Section 3 | 35 |
Section 4 | 43 |
Section 5 | 59 |
Section 6 | 165 |
Section 7 | 173 |
Section 8 | 183 |
Section 9 | 239 |
Section 10 | 261 |
Common terms and phrases
abortion Allen answered Army of God asked Ellie asked Laura asked Thea baby Barb bathroom began Ben Lambert Betty Jackson Big Bertha called chair clinic clipboard closed her eyes Constance continued Daddy desk doctor door Doris eight thirty Ellie's face father feel felt floor front girls Gladys glass going hair hallway hand head hear heard Jackson Jane Joseph kissed kitchen knew leaned Lillian looked Mason Springs minutes Momma mother moved mud room nurse okay opened paper Patsy Peace College placed pulled reached realized remembered replied responded returned Richard Robbie Robbie's seat Shirley sit-in smiled someone sorry Southern Comfort spoke stood stopped sure Tait talk tell Thea nodded Thea's things told took turned voice waiting walked watched What's window woman