Dynah Carey knew where her life was headed. Engaged to a wonderful man the daughter of doting parents a faithful child of God she has it all. Then the unthinkable happens: Dynah?s perfect life is irrevocably changed by a rape that results in an unwanted pregnancy. Her family is torn apart and her seemingly rock-solid faith is pushed to the limits as she faces the most momentous choice of her life: to embrace or to end the life within her. This is ultimately a tale of three women as Dynah?s plight forces both her mother and her grandmother to face the choices they made. Written with balance and compassion The Atonement Child brings a new perspective to the most controversial topic of our times.