D. R. Bates

My Mother's Sister D. R. Bates

The Vinson family has always given the appearance of near perfection and met the requirements of a being an example people could look up to. They are a proud and private first family. Yet beneath the surface, behind closed doors something insidious and evil is brewing. Skeletons are rattling in closets demanding to be released?? Exposure comes when an unwanted baby is inserted. Follow this child?s life as she unknowingly becomes the catalyst, which sets things in motion and in the end ushers in a time of reckoning and renewal. The elder parents of this clan, JD and Sarah Vinson, are forced to make decisions that will alter lives forever as the landscape of their ?perfected? family is drastically altered and exposed?.sanity and lives are at stake?who will remain standing once the smoke has cleared?.how will God repair and restore this family? Debra Bates is a freelance Christian writer living in Columbus, Ohio who has been writing for over 15 years. Although ?My Mother?s Sister? represents her first published novel, she has completed 3 books of poetry. She is an advocate for adopted children and blended families and passionate about the concept of families. Debra is the mother of 2 sons, Altora II and Timothy, both are educators and the grandmother of one, Chloe Michelle.