Wandering Hearts
I was prepared to not enjoy reading Wandering Hearts, a first novel by Donna J. Grisanti. It’s written during the Depression, the main characters face desperate situations, and, it’s not a light-and-frothy easy read. Adding to that, the book is 644 pages of small type. Then I started reading…
It took only a few pages for me to become mesmerized by the main characters and their struggles. While I fully intended to read a few pages and put the book down until another time, I couldn’t. By the time I had to stop reading, I was on page 139, and several hours had passed. The writing is that good!
From the back cover: On the cusp of World War II, Raine Foster buries her beloved grandmother and flees impending marriage. After faking her own death, she forges another life intertwined with three strangers. Their lie-sealed odyssey encounters forbidden love, racism, natural disaster, and murder.
Wandering Hearts is the first published novel by Donna J. Grisanti, a Tucson, Arizon-based fiction writer. Grisanti is a former senior nursing administrator who now divides her time between writing, family, and church. Wandering Hearts was written over a five year period and the attention to detail shows.
I hope this isn’t the only novel Grisanti has published. I’d love to read more of her work.