Sacrificial

Mary Anne Kalonas Slack

The Sacrificial Daughter

The Sacrificial Daughter tells the story of Mary Ellen Kelleher, who finally embarks on her own journey to find her place in the world—one in which she is in charge. Through a series of realizations and experiences while far from home, Mary Ellen returns ready to shake up her—and her mother’s—world. But when a mother’s love becomes a daughter’s burden, is there really a way out?

Reviews

This story has adventure, romance, and a mother-daughter conflict that reveals all the facets of that most complicated relationship. A great read!

— Eileen O’Finlan

author of The Folklorist

You don’t have to be Irish, Catholic, American, or even a woman, to appreciate what The Sacrificial Daughter has to say about the obligations being human makes us all heir to. Slack’s novel is an authentic account of the conflicts we all encounter with family, friends, and ultimately within ourselves. The story’s theme of moral conflict in pursuit of salvation gracefully transcends culture and time in the tradition of all great story telling. On a more personal level, it tells an interesting story about the struggle most of us face in establishing personal identity while being called to fulfill the moral obligations that make us who we are. Kudos to Ms. Slack for a story that entertains while it teaches.

— Jack McClintock

author of Sin Eater: Memoirs

of a Prison Psychologist

A clash of sibling personalities, a mother’s anguish, and a dilemma of conscience. Factor in a serendipitous encounter in a foreign country and you have the ingredients for a charged family drama in the tradition of literary realism. The events are authentic, the dialogue convincing, and you say to yourself, “Yes, this is truth.” A few twists and turns and just enough suspense will keep the reader engaged in this gem of a debut novel until the very end.

— Phyllis Lamontagne

The Sacrificial Daughter is available . . .