Distant Relative

What do you owe your past when it has ruined someone's present?

Mistakes don't fade away. They come back when we least expect it.

Jeffrey Weston and Bridgette Davis once loved each other. They envisioned a life together. But they blew it all up. One small piece of their relationship remained in Bridgette's belly.

Now, married and living in Seattle, Jeffrey signs up for a genealogy website, looking for his birth parents. Simultaneously, in Baltimore, 18-year-old Catherine, a girl of grit, who has survived several stints in foster care because of her mom's addictions, signs up to try to find the absentee father that abandoned her mom while she was pregnant.

A "message received" ping changes both of their lives forever.

Jeffrey must confront his past, face unresolved guilt over a failed adoption, and come to terms with how things have unfolded as a result of his actions.

Catherine must reconcile the deadbeat father she has heard about her entire life with the real Jeffrey, and how different his cushy life is, from the one she's lived, at the mercy of social workers, and the bad hand her mother was dealt.

Can you make something right years later? Would you make the same choices?



Distant Relative explores what family really means, how our loved ones can hurt us most, and the perilous balance between past mistakes and future consequences.
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Distant Relative

What do you owe your past when it has ruined someone's present?

Mistakes don't fade away. They come back when we least expect it.

Jeffrey Weston and Bridgette Davis once loved each other. They envisioned a life together. But they blew it all up. One small piece of their relationship remained in Bridgette's belly.

Now, married and living in Seattle, Jeffrey signs up for a genealogy website, looking for his birth parents. Simultaneously, in Baltimore, 18-year-old Catherine, a girl of grit, who has survived several stints in foster care because of her mom's addictions, signs up to try to find the absentee father that abandoned her mom while she was pregnant.

A "message received" ping changes both of their lives forever.

Jeffrey must confront his past, face unresolved guilt over a failed adoption, and come to terms with how things have unfolded as a result of his actions.

Catherine must reconcile the deadbeat father she has heard about her entire life with the real Jeffrey, and how different his cushy life is, from the one she's lived, at the mercy of social workers, and the bad hand her mother was dealt.

Can you make something right years later? Would you make the same choices?



Distant Relative explores what family really means, how our loved ones can hurt us most, and the perilous balance between past mistakes and future consequences.
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Distant Relative

Distant Relative

by Joseph Helensky
Distant Relative

Distant Relative

by Joseph Helensky

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Overview

What do you owe your past when it has ruined someone's present?

Mistakes don't fade away. They come back when we least expect it.

Jeffrey Weston and Bridgette Davis once loved each other. They envisioned a life together. But they blew it all up. One small piece of their relationship remained in Bridgette's belly.

Now, married and living in Seattle, Jeffrey signs up for a genealogy website, looking for his birth parents. Simultaneously, in Baltimore, 18-year-old Catherine, a girl of grit, who has survived several stints in foster care because of her mom's addictions, signs up to try to find the absentee father that abandoned her mom while she was pregnant.

A "message received" ping changes both of their lives forever.

Jeffrey must confront his past, face unresolved guilt over a failed adoption, and come to terms with how things have unfolded as a result of his actions.

Catherine must reconcile the deadbeat father she has heard about her entire life with the real Jeffrey, and how different his cushy life is, from the one she's lived, at the mercy of social workers, and the bad hand her mother was dealt.

Can you make something right years later? Would you make the same choices?



Distant Relative explores what family really means, how our loved ones can hurt us most, and the perilous balance between past mistakes and future consequences.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798892215817
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
Publication date: 08/19/2024
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 310
File size: 322 KB

About the Author

About The Author

A native of Baltimore, Joe Helensky has worked for many years in the insurance industry. Prior to that he worked for eight years in sports marketing with three Baltimore-area sports franchises.

Joe and his wife Sue live in Seattle and have proudly served as advocates for foster care and adoption, especially of older children. Joe & Sue have one daughter and three grandchildren.

Distant Relative is Joe's first novel, to be followed by two novels in 2025 and 2024. He is eager to build a career as an author and share stories with his audience.

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