Your father didnt leave us, Mattie. I was raped.These words, his mothers deathbed confession, drove Matthew Maxwell to make radical life changes--decisions that led him to abandon the woman he loved in an attempt to escape the person he feared heMoreYour father didnt leave us, Mattie. I was raped.These words, his mothers deathbed confession, drove Matthew Maxwell to make radical life changes--decisions that led him to abandon the woman he loved in an attempt to escape the person he feared he could become.Lifestyle choices, encounters with an old priest and a tumultous descent into alcoholism lead Matt along unexpected paths to forgiveness, sobriety, friendship, the service of the homeless and love.Christian/Catholic Fiction- General Fiction