When your child is in pain, everything else takes a backseat.

Fae Glover has put everything else on hold while she tries to help her daughter to get a diagnosis and effective treatment. Unfortunately, DFS has other ideas and in short order has apprehended Hannah. And they have no intention of ever giving her back.

Gabriel and Renata are in a race against the clock to keep the family together and reunite Hannah with her mother before the court severs all of Fae’s rights permanently.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Wonderful well written plot and story line that had me engaged from the start. Love the well-fleshed-out characters and found them believable. Great suspense and action with wonderful world building that adds so much to the story. Such a thrilling read that I couldn’t put it down.”

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—A phenomenal read! The story line is both exasperating and inspiring. Is it a conspiracy or crazy thoughts? You have to read to the end to know for sure.

—I thoroughly enjoyed Mito. I didn’t want to put any it down.

—The incipient relationship between Gabriel and Renata, both in awful situations, was fascinating and I was intrigued by the very original theme of the book. I hope it really is a work of fiction!

—The plot was FANTASTIC. I’ve read a lot of stories about foster children, but never anything quite like what happens in Mito. I never even realized that medical kidnap could very well be a thing happening “behind the scenes” in foster care, but after reading this book my mind is blown.

Author Notes may contain spoilers!

The inspirations for this story came from a number of different places. After watching Miracles from Heaven, I looked up Dr. Samuel Nurko, pediatric pain doctor who treated the central character, Anna, and his model of treatment. I was fascinated with functional pain syndromes, a group of disorders in which the pain is the disease rather than the result of disease. 

Also in my file clippings were a number of news stories about children being apprehended from parents with lower than normal IQ, deemed to be incapable to taking care of their children, especially in cases where the child had a disease or disability. In many of these cases, the parents had proven that they were capable, the children were abused in foster care, and the parents had complied with all of the requirements Social Services had placed upon them (logical or not). You can see some of these it the Book Club Resources section below. 

You will also see a repeated theme in the book about women’s pain and how it is disregarded by society and the medical community. Black women are particularly at risk with regard to their health, especially in gynaecological/obstetric issues. 

• Apprehensions from disabled parents
• Pain Disorders
• Women’s Health
• Escape from the Mayo Clinic
• Nice lady therapists
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