FOOL ME ONCE

Pet photographer Olivia Lowell learns that her mother didn't die when she was a baby as she'd always thought. Instead her mother abandoned her family. Now she has passed away, making a deathbed wish that her daughter atone for a forty-year-old crime. Laural Merlington gives an emotional performance as Olivia struggles to accept the lies of her past and open her heart to trust others in the future. Merlington also delivers believable performances as Olivia's cold and distant mother, and as the caring young lawyer who helps Olivia unearth the secrets of her mother's past. As Olivia makes her journey of forgiveness, Merlington shines. K.M.D. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine [Published: AUG/ SEP 07]