Blessings from the Father (Paperback)

Mariah Green, an advocate for battered women in the Chicago area, lives with her maternal grandmother who raised her, while her mother is a fleeting presence having issues with drug addiction, and her father is an absentee. Mariah receives word from Hammond, Indiana, that she's the sole heir of her father's estate and plans to move from Chicago to Indiana to start a new life. But Mariah's grandmother declines to join her, as she knows things about the paternal side of the family than she has let on. Mariah Green has a successful career as an advocate for battered women, but she still feels incomplete. She was raised by her maternal grandmother, Rosemary, in a Chicago housing project. Her mother, Cassandra, is addicted to drugs and has only been a fleeting presence in her life. Even more painful to Mariah is the fact that she has never known the love of a father. She's never even set eyes on him.
To Mariah's surprise, she receives a call from a law firm in Hammond, Indiana. A lawyer informs her that her biological father has died, and she is the sole heir to his sizeable estate. Mariah is ready to leave Chicago behind and embark on a new lifestyle in Indiana, but she's devastated when her beloved Granny declines to join her.
Things aren't always what they seem to be. Rosemary knows a little bit more about Mariah's paternal side of the family than she has let on. Join Mariah as she embarks on a spiritual journey to learn about her father and begins the healing process of understanding and forgiving her mother.