Publisher's Synopsis
The Lonely Nest is a memoir about the hidden lives of Rose and Janice Lynn Falcone who wrongfully died living with the one person they trusted the most. The Lonely Nest is a tale of silence, and how silence tricks us into believing it will save us. The story begins in the early 1950's, in a silent, rural town in Bozrah, Connecticut when Rose Calanna marries the man of her dreams. However, within five short years mother and daughter find themselves trapped inside a house strangled by male domination. The two live huddled in fear like two baby Robins fallen from the nest. Five years later, what appears as hope, arrives in the form of a baby girl named Connie Mary. Unknowingly to Janice, the little sister she adores will grow to become the favored one to the most powerful. Like two opposing forces fighting to survive, the sisters live side by side where one is systematically abused, while the other is honed in privilege and honor. The reader follows the same path as Janice Lynn Falcone through a barren, dark exodus that expands over four decades in search of the disease that plagues her health. On this path, medical doctors try to understand why Janice Lynn bangs her head, cuts her hair, and suddenly develops Petit Mal seizures. At age 41, after decades of secretive beatings, incest and mental torment-Janice Lynn Falcone succumbs to an untimely death. With no victim left to appease his tormented mind, the abuser turns to his wife cutting her life short from a similar Modus Operandi called Domestic Murder. Connie Mary, who up to now had indifferently witnessed the abuse of her gentle sister, now watches in horror as the abuser slowly murders a second time-and once again-within the safe confines of the family home. In the end, the abuser has forgotten Connie Mary has the same Calabrese blood pulsating through her veins as his own. Which brings us to the grand finale, where the reader crosses fingers and hopes-has the abuser finally met his match?
