Abandonment

Karl, Jean
Beloved Benjamin is waiting
After her mother’s disappearance, Lucinda takes refuge in a caretaker’s shack in the local cemetery.

Simon, Norma
I wish I had my father
Father’s Day is tough for a boy whose father left him years ago and never communicates with him.

Voigt, Cynthia
The Homecoming
Dicey and her younger siblings, abandoned by their mother in a shopping mall, make their way to Virginia and their grandmother.