Claudette H McLennon

In the prejudiced town of Port Charlotte, high school student Maryanne Radieux's life is shattered after a brutal gang-rape by four classmates from influential families. When the case goes to trial, a corrupt legal system ensures a travesty of justice. Despite a coerced confession and a key witness, the perpetrators are acquitted, leaving Maryanne and her mother, Clarice, shunned and betrayed by their community. Devastated, they abandon their old lives. Maryanne embarks on a long, painful, but ultimately empowering journey. She leaves the hostile town, finds healing through therapy and new friendships, and forges a successful career as a Nurse Practitioner. Years later, a transformed and resilient Maryanne meticulously plans her return to Port Charlotte. Full Circle is the story of her unyielding quest to confront the men who destroyed her innocence and find a path to personal justice.

Young Marlene Tulloch was the third child of Anne and George Tulloch. She had two older sisters, Gloria and Sylvia. George desperately wanted an heir, a son to carry on his name. She was born after a difficult pregnancy, and her mother died ten days later from complications of childbirth. She was reared by her grandmother, Estrella, who was cruel to the young child. At the age of two, her father left. Thus, she knew neither parent. Due to kindness of friends and strangers, she survived. Despite obstacles, she became a teacher, got married, and had four boys. Now dying, she retreated to childhood. Through the haze of pain, her life unfolded.