While Trinity Barrett searches for herseft, the complications of family life get in the way. Her husband of twenty years and two teenage children add to the messiness of her life. The give and take nature of friendship is demanding. Her work requires compassion and understanding of others. She knows that she has a good life, surrounded by good people, but can't seem to get out of her own way. Maybe she needs a place of her own! When Trinity does finally begin to pull it all together, tragedy strikes and life deals her a blow that changes everything. Has she grown enough along the way to handle this loss? Blind Acorn is the story of one woman's quest to learn enough about herself to navigate both the mundane and the breathtaking that life has to offer. Marianne Holes is a retired financial planner living in Naples, Florida, with her husband and two dogs. This is her second novel.