Maria Daversa
Examining the human condition one story at a time
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Sweet Baby Mine
(2022)
Set in Paris, an American expat has her life upended when her estranged adult daughter emerges, and a marriage-threatening secret is revealed. While the drama centers around Ana and Tony’s marriage and the aftershocks of their secrets, lies, and betrayals, at its heart, Sweet Baby Mine is a redemptive tale about breaking the destructive patterns that keep us from truly learning to love ourselves.
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“A dramatic, dialogue-driven portrait of an imploding marriage…Sweet Baby Mine is an emotive and powerful novel.”
~Self-Publishing Review, ★★★★½
Praise & Reviews
“…compelling…intriguing…”
~Kirkus Reviews
“Sweet Baby Mine is a story about secrets, love, mental health, and damaged people trying to make their way through life and the toll it takes on those around them. Together, these elements form a tale that is raw, that is beautiful, that is heartbreaking, and most of all, that is honest.”
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~W.A. Stanley
"It’s dark, it’s raw, it’s eye-opening, but [Sweet Baby Mine] is also written in an incredible way that shows you the horrors that can unfold in a toxic relationship below the surface, and the secrets that lay even deeper."
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https://aquintillionwords.com/2023/01/21/sweet-baby-mine-book-review
“Readers who enjoy romantic novels should pick up this book…”
"There is no rule that you have to like characters. Realistic characters probably have plenty to hate about them, just like real people. What matters is that they are entertaining and that the story is worth telling. [Sweet Baby Mine] is both."
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~OnlineBookClub
~A Quintillion Words
~Amanja Reads Too Much
Interview with the Author
Joelle Tamraz, author of the memoir, The Secret Practice: Eighteen Years on the Dark Side of Yoga, interviewed me in July of 2022 about the reason I wrote Sweet Baby Mine.
The Sanguine Psychologist
About Maria Daversa
Maria Daversa is a licensed clinical psychologist with over thirty years of experience working with high-risk individuals. After earning her doctoral degree, she was awarded a fellowship with Harvard Medical School where she studied and published on a wide range of mental health issues and personality disorders. Presently, she lives in the U.S. and shares her home with her husband and two rescues.