The Maggie Barnes Trilogy: Broken Glass

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By Mary VanderGoot ’71

Published Jan. 15, 2020

This is the first in the Maggie Barnes Trilogy, which features a family saga of conflict and redemption. Widow Maggie is sorting through her memories, trying to face her own demons. Meanwhile, her four adult children are navigating their own lives, resentful of her and her late husband. Though fearful of her children's judgment, Maggie works to accept her family as it is.

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