Publisher's Synopsis
Collection of S. A. Laird's Books ABSENCE OF PRESENCE It is about a girl who loses her way in life. A neighbor attempted to kill her as a child. She marries a man who makes her feel less of a person. Every day of her marriage she suffers mental abuse from him. She develops severe clinical depression. To try to help her find herself her psychiatrist asks her to research her ancestors as a way to keep her mind busy. He is hoping that seeing the strength it took for her ancestors to survive will make her realize she too can overcome insurmountable odds to become a whole person. Her ancestors were strong people who survived two world wars dealt with death, lost their jobs and lived during prohibition. They survived great hardships and she soon finds herself feeling stronger and more self-assured through her research. She created a new life from chaos to become a healthy, happy individual with the help of her psychiatrist and her faith. It was a lengthy process but she came out strong and healthy in mind and spirit. I hope this knowledge and how she went about finding her presence will encourage other people to get the help they need and get healthy in mind, body and spirit.MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE This is based on a true story that almost destroyed my life. I have never completely gotten over the death of my "Mitchell." This story is about two people, who found love and didn't get a second chance to be together, it is heartwarming and tragic at the same time. Based on a true story with names, certain situations and locations changed to protect the guilty and/or innocent. Sometimes two people meet and feel a connection. If they both feel it they can pursue it. I'm not talking about sexual attraction. I'm talking about a strong reaction and a real connection. They can't take their eyes off each other and they aren't just thinking about sex. They are thinking about this new person and wondering how to get to know them. Sometimes they can turn that connection into love. It is such a delicious feeling when it happens to you. When Mitchell was gone I turned to God and My Church to help me get through the horror of it all. I even went to Mitchell's Catholic Church for a while to try and get over his loss. This is my struggle with guilt and the loss of the love of my life.SAVING CHICAGO This is a book about a detective who works homicide in Chicago. As we all know the rate of deaths in Chicago is higher that it has ever been, perhaps higher than anywhere else in the world. This detective is pretty burnt out on the job. He and his partner get put in charge of a murder scene at a restaurant where seventeen people were murdered. It is his job to find out why. He gets caught in the middle of a cartel battle trying to solve the case. The cartel tries to hunt him down and get him out of the way. His boss sends him away to a small island in the Caribbean until things cool down or the case is solved. On the island he meets a woman who is, at the very least, mysterious. He finds himself thinking about her all the time, at least when he is not trying to drink himself to death with island rum. What he finds when he starts searching for her and trying to get to know her, as far as he is concerned, is unbelievable. This is a story about redemption and how one man came out a better person after going through a disruptive time in his life. OS PUBLISHING, PO BOX 133, LAKEVIEW, OHIO 43331 USA see GalacticOrdainedMinistries.Space
