Editorial Review:

Product Description:
The abrupt disappearance of young Daisy Chance haunts the small town of Defiance, Texas. Fourteen-year-old Jed Pepper searches for answers in this gritty and compelling story of love and sorrow, revealing God's hand of redemption in impossible situations. Lyrical fiction from a bright new literary talent.

Daisy Chain is difficult reading but brilliant writing. Through heart-breaking situations and sensitive subjects, De Muth's beautifdul prose supports the reader tenderly and carefully over a minefield of emotions. The next book is a "must read"!

Average Rating:

Rating: - Brilliant Writing
Daisy Chain is difficult reading but brilliant writing. Through heart-breaking situations and sensitive subjects, De Muth's beautifdul prose supports the reader tenderly and carefully over a minefield of emotions. The next book is a "must read"!

Rating: - A Mother's journey to Faith and healing
Daisy Chain is a great book of a mother's journey to Faith and Healing. All the charaters come to life in this novel of true friends and people's ability to see the good in all people. A must read !

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Rating: - Beautiful story
Very enjoyable! I read the second book too and am impatiently waiting for the third!

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Rating: - Good enough to buy the next 2 books
The Daisy Chain is a wonderful example of the art of story-telling; colorful language, laden with imagery and emotion, captures the essence of life in small-town Texas as a young teenage boy wrestles with difficult questions beyond his years. The innocence of first love, the exploration of dysfunctional families, the difference between religion and faith, the realities of this harsh world and how people cope, an unsolved mystery- all cleverly and believably woven into a unique tapestry that beckons the reader in for closer examination. Religion is a major tenet of this story, but its presence was recognized and appreciated by this reader as an authentic weight-bearing pillar in the foundation of the tale's setting. For those who have read The Secret Life of Bees, this story falls in the same vein, an engaging yet somewhat unwelcome introduction of the innocent into a complicated adult world. One feels compelled to shield and protect the characters from the inevitable outcome. At this story's end, the reader will be left wanting more, for "all will be revealed in due time". This particular reader, for one, is anxious for resolution.

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Rating: - Hated Daisy Chain
This was a terrible book. I did not realize until i read it that there was such a strong religious overtone at every page. The book story shows terrible values with the preacher physically and verbally abusing his wife and children on a regular basis so they become subservient to him. The story line and the ending of the book is even more troubling. What type of social skills and morale is this book recommending to young people. I will never have bought this book if I had known any of this.

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