It is through their courage, strength, and the support of family and true friends that they find renewal and fulfillment, on a life's edge. Shawna's challenges are those that many young mothers face today. Together, they fight back against the mayor's son, a potentially corrupt judge, a drug kingpin, and a backstabbing childhood friend who has her own dark agenda. When Randall stalks Shawna and challenges a restraining order, she must gather her own strength and accept Max's help. But when Shawna asks him to baby-sit while she goes to college, he is persuaded to delay the inevitable, pushes through his pain, and rediscovers joy playing checkers with a little boy. Facing end stage cancer, he is ready to throw in the towel. Retired English bachelor Max Candle lives next door. Shawna's goal: to become a hair-dresser so she can provide a good future for her family, and be rid of Randall. Therapists focussed on the needs of the individual as they attempt to facilitate family interaction, resulting in the individuality of each member. To save them all, she escapes with the children to her widowed mother's home. Experiential therapy emerged from the humanistic wing of psychology that was focussed on the immediate, here-and-now experience, which was most popular in the 1960’s and 70’s. It is through their courage, strength, and the support of family and true friends that they find renewal and fulfillment, on a life's edge.Shawna Charity has an abusive partner, little money, no skills, and three children under six, one with an intellectual disability.

To save them all, she escapes with the children to her widowed mother's home. Shawna Charity has an abusive partner, little money, no skills, and three children under six, one with an intellectual disability.

On A Life's Edge by J.L. Whitaker