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Jonah's Trust
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 15 2026
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Some inherit money. Jonah inherited a family secret.
Jonah Wells has spent eighteen years trying to build a life that feels safe.
At nine, he was taken in by Henry Wells, a man who never treated him like a temporary responsibility. With Henry and the three siblings who became his family, Jonah finally learned what it meant to belong.
Then, on the morning after his high school graduation, a lawyer arrives at the door carrying an envelope.
Inside is a trust worth more than $750,000-established by the birth mother Jonah has spent his entire life trying not to think about.
No letter.
No explanation.
No apology.
Just eighteen years of silence and a question Jonah can no longer ignore:
Why did she leave him?
Determined to find the truth, Jonah begins digging into the sealed records of his childhood. What he uncovers forces him to confront a past far more complicated-and painful-than he ever imagined. Along the way, he will come face-to-face with the people who gave him life, the people who failed him, and the people who chose him anyway.
As old wounds reopen and long-buried secrets begin to surface, Jonah must decide what he owes the family he came from-and what he owes the family that stayed.
Because sometimes the hardest truth isn't discovering where you came from.
It's realizing who was there all along.
Jonah's Trust is an emotional contemporary family drama about abandonment, identity, forgiveness, and the extraordinary ways people become family.
A Note for Book ClubsIf your book club picks this novel, I'd be glad to join your conversation once you've finished reading. Whether in person or over video, I'm happy to answer questions, talk about the characters, and hear what your group thought. Reach out at https: //keith-dannenfelser.author-pages.com/
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