Return Of The Trogon

The Early Years #3

by Melva J. Henderson

Maggie’s life has been filled with adventure and adversity, from nearly losing her husband to a cougar attack, to her hunting the cat down on the desert and killing it. Faced with an empty nest and besieged at an early age in her middle fifties by near blindness, the effects of cataracts, life’s surprises aren’t finished with her yet. When Maggie witnesses the accident that claims her husband’s life, she is drawn into a self-protective state of hysterical amnesia. When she regains her memory and eyesight in a cold, inhospitable city, she is unexpectedly reintroduced to her childhood sweetheart, but decides to return to her ranch in the Arizona desert, and takes the homeless woman with Tourettes, who took her under her protective wing throughout her ordeal with blindness and amnesia, home with her. Once home again, Maggie is reunited with the man who has loved her for decades, her husband’s best friend. Her future appears on a brighter course with the planned wedding in the majestic canyons of the Chiricahua Mountains when the mystical bird, the Coppery Tailed Trogon, returns to nest in the month of April.

322 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 1994

Reviews

[Elizabeth Parker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Maggie is finally living the life she deserves with Todd and her two daughters. After years of heartache, it was about time. With her two girls older now, living lives of their own, Maggie was able to experience and enjoy the joys of being a wife with someone who loved her and whom she loved back.

When an unfortunate turn of events occurs, her mended life gets reduced to shambles and she is left to pick up the pieces, slowly but surely.

With the help of a trusted friend, she is able to come to grips with all of the facets of her difficult life,even though it was not easy.

Without spoiling the story, all I can say is Ms. Henderson does a great job of bringing your emotions on a exhilarating rollercoaster ride, all the while hoping that the rest of Maggie's life will be somehow be lived with peace and love.

A very enjoyable story, I highly recommend reading this inspiring book, along with its two prequels.

[Joanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Each chapter was like a story in itself with so much action and excitement that it compelled me to read the next chapters wondering what could possibly happen next. Return of the Trogon is a real page-turner. I wonder if Ms. Henderson has another planned in this series, since Maggie has just embarked on yet another new adventure at the end of this novel.

The compassion and understanding that the author evokes from the reader is marvelous. She describes the horrors of homelessness and the benefits of psychiatric techniques with accurate precision. Unlike some authors who picture everyday life in a fantasy world, Melva Henderson’s main character, Maggie, has experienced real life and her story is told in a captivating way.