They’re in touch with others in a growing national grassroots movement to reform no-fault divorce and rescue marriage from being “optional, disposable, and redefinable.” She’s also working on the True Marriage Project, set up by Professor Stephen Safranek, a co-founder of the Ave Maria School of Law. She founded Mary’s Advocates (a non-profit whose mission is to promote the sanctity of marriage. “Anyone who’s been an innocent divorce defendant or a child in divorce court understands.” “If you have a pain in your ankle, you don’t amputate your leg,” said Macfarlane, 43, in an interview from her Westlake, Ohio, home. Now she and a law professor are proposing that couples entering a religious marriage sign a simple contract designed to give safeguards that civil law no longer does. But the Catholic mother discovered how little protection no-fault divorce laws provide when one spouse wants out. Valentine’s Day were coming up, but her heart was really pinned on those days when her boys, who lived with their dad, would be with her.ĭivorce was not in her plans when she married in 1990. Marie “Bai” Macfarlane knew that World Marriage Day and St. His faith doesn't seem to provide answers.This article originally appeared in The Anchor, the official newspaper of the Diocese of Fall River, MA. Success on the football field and success in the world has not translated to success in marriage. Her mother left her as a child, and now she must be a woman. Her trust is in Our Lady.Įllie James Beautiful, confident, and with a plan for life that includes Sam Fisk. She has a destiny, but doesn't know what it is. His faith is in Man.ĭonna Beck A stout, tough young lady from Little Italy, bored with her job, alone in the suburbs.
Sam Fisk A tall, lanky entrepreneur who is comfortable with computers, but unsure of himself with women.
You are in this story.īuzz Woodward An alcoholic, a wild man, a divorced father with a troubled past in New Jersey and an uncertain present in Cleveland. Sharply funny, always unpredictable, and with characters so real you'll swear you know them from your own life. Conceived without Sinwill take you on an addictive journey alongside real people who struggle with real problems. It established Macfarlane as a master Catholic storyteller who is not afraid to challenge readers to question basic assumptions about faith, marriage, and friendship. This long-awaited second novel is showered with positive reviews from thousands of actual readers.
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