Foreword
Western man prides himself on his ability to forge his own destiny. And yet many people find that they are not always able to rule their own fates. Oftentimes a single, traumatic event will change and reshape their lives.
There is the young girl who, after a brutal rape, becomes a bitter, frigid young woman. Or the bright, self-confident businessman who, after losing most of his money in a poor stock investment, becomes a drunken derelict.
So, too, does fate play a trick on Vera Hanson. First, her husband of eighteen years dies suddenly, an auto crash. Then the confused and distraught widow becomes the prey of an unscrupulous business associate of her late husband's, dragged don into a web of depravity and evilness she cannot cope with. One trauma after another befalls Vera, changing forever the course of her life and making her a totally different person.
Vera's story is a warning to others of how fate can suddenly rearrange our lives. It is a chronicle of one woman s destiny, and a mirror of our confusing times.
-The Publisher