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For David Lear, eleven years old, the world is an odd and unfamiliar place where the rules are hard to understand. Sent away to boarding school at a very young age, he struggles to confront the legacy of his family, his absent father, a stepmother who loathes him, and a myterious benefacterous who pays for his schooling. They offer bits and pieces of redemption, but at the center is his mother, Maggie Hope, whose life has long since slipped from its moorings.
"David Lear's story is beautifully told--with an objectivity that is almost pure."
- Patricia Cornwell
"Leaving Maggie Hope, Anthony Abbott's inspiring debut novel, is a beautiful story about a boy's troubled family life and his remarkable survival."
- Jill McCorkle
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