{"product_id":"broken-waters-paperback","title":"Broken Waters - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnn H. Poplin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaggy, 39, wakes up from a recurring dream she's had since childhood, one of drowning and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esuffocating that has left her with a severe phobia of water. A distraught widow for six months\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efollowing her husband Justin's death, she yearns to get return to some semblance of a normal life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eincluding family, friends who are like family, and her work as a nurse practitioner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Southern firecracker (with matching wild red hair), her family and friends continue to be\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econcerned about her well-being, including her father, Merle, her mother Bess, and her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egrandmother, May Pearl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOutside of her work in hospice, Maggy's only other sense of continuity is her alternate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003espirituality that uses aspects of Gullah culture, rootwork, and the elements-learned from\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSolomon and Evangeline, who work on Maggy's parents' farm as caretaker and housekeeper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer friends, Sass (like a sister and the daughter of Solomon and Evangeline); Tilly, a sulky high\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eschool principal; Venus, a prestigious regional hospice care administrator; and Poppy, a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edistracted child services social worker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaggy's experience with her mother has been aloof and distant her entire life, despite Bess\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehaving a warm relationship with Maggy's brother and sister. Her slightly older brother, Seth, died\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof a congenital heart defect only months before Maggy's birth, which remains a painful memory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor the family. Her mother, Bess, haunted by her son's death, is a staunch card-carrying member\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and serves as their local\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echairperson, immersing herself in its charitable works for a sense of meaning and purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaggy's friends, in an attempt to ease her grief and loneliness, force her to meet a new vascular\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esurgeon, Drake, at their local dive. She becomes enraged, with her late husband's memory still so\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efresh, yet in time she softens enough to view Drake as a friend. Synchronicities throw Maggy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand Drake together repeatedly at social events, first at a local DAR event, and again at her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebrother and his partner's art event which compels her to see Drake in a new light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStuck in the throes of grief while making it seem she's fine on the outside, Maggy silently plans\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto end her life. She plots her death and even makes arrangements in her will for her little dog, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePriddy Boy. However, her intuition continues to haunt her with an unsettled knowing that before\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eshe carries out her plan, she must accomplish one last and as yet unknown service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sudden health emergency erupts with Sass's son, Jay Jay and issues come to a dire head, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eforcing Maggy make a decision to realize that her final act may end up claiming her own life. As\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eshe suffers unexpected complications during her own surgical procedure, she finds herself\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epropelled out of her body and into a dimension beyond the physical realm, where she is shown\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunknown information about her life and is briefly reunited with her late husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill the things that Justin shows her force Maggy to have a last-minute change of heart?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomething that shakes her to her core and forces her to consider a second chance at life? Can\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrake reach her in time to change the trajectory of events that led her to this decision?\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47268182130937,"sku":"9798218811877","price":16.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/3PWouVOupd9798218811877.webp?v=1768879956","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/broken-waters-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}