Elizabeth Fritz

Hope's Journey Elizabeth Fritz

Hope Frye is fifty-nine, homeless, jobless, and hopeless. She isabout to trade a dubious future for a leap from the railing of the18th Street bridge, when a strong hand grabs her coat collar. Thehand belongs to Hank Jordan. Refusing to let Hope carry out herintentions, he offers her a job as his live-in housekeeper. Onimpulse Hope takes the job and from despair she starts a journeyto an unknown destination. On the way she puts hopelessnessbehind her as her ego and self-esteem take on new life. Thenviolence and bloody murder erupt in the pleasant neighborhoodshe now calls home. A serial killer stalks her new friends andacquaintances and tries to frame Hank for his crimes. Uncertaintyshakes her hard won self-confidence. Doubts and fears threatenher happiness until a dramatic conclusion ends uncertainty, andHope learns the destination of her unexpected journey.