CRUDE! A Story of Passion in Aruba

Debra Sheffield dies with a dark secret. A gold locket containing a time-worn photo of a man with an inscription in an unfamiliar language leads her daughter Maggie on a tumultuous search for the truth. CRUDE A Story of Passion in Aruba recounts Debraas life and her stormy marriage to Mike Sheffieldathe handsome, wealthy business executive who becomes chairman of the worldas leading oil production and refinery company. Their high-profile life sweeps them to Aruba, a largely undiscovered island in the Caribbean during the 1960s. Life is anything but serene in this tropical paradise. Restless and unable to conceive, Debra resents everythingaincluding her husband. She indulges in an illicit, passionate affair with a local Afro-Aruban and becomes pregnanta]unsure of who the childas biological father is. Throughout her life, Debra never reveals her suspicions to anyone. Four decades later, the mystery unravels in modern day Aruba where Maggie searches for her true identity.