The Writing Blog

Mary DeMuth's latest book, Daisy Chain, hit the bookstores! Daisy Chain is the first book in the Defiance, Texas trilogy. The idea of family secrets plays heavily into all three books.
Some of the major themes in the book include:
~ The importance (and elusiveness) of authenticity.
~ The devastation of maintaining and keeping family secrets.
~ Redemption comes from surprising people.
~ Feeling guilty doesn’t always equal reality.
~ True friendship involves sacrifice.

Mary thinks of Daisy Chain as an Oprah book, but with hope.

"Yes, there is darkness and meanness abounding in this world," she says, "but God’s light has a way of fully penetrating that darkness. I hope Daisy Chain cradles the reader through its deep, scary journey clear through to the end because redemption will shine brighter in the midst of darkness. That’s my own personal testimony, so it can’t help but leak out on the page.

My hope is that folks will see the need to share their family secrets in order to be set free. (A cool place to share your family secrets anonymously is http://blog.myfamilysecrets.org). I also want people to see that the Body of Christ is probably much different looking than they first thought. Some appear holy. Others, in distressing disguises, actually are."