“Gently compelling and highly believable” – Midwest Book Review
“The perfect story of coming home” – Readers’ Favorite Review. Go Away Home – a finalist in the Readers’ Favorite International Award competition.
Set in World War One-era Iowa, GO AWAY HOME is a captivating coming of age novel that explores the enduring themes of family, friendship, and love, as well as death and grief. GO AWAY HOME will resonate with anyone who’s confronted the conflict between dreams and reality and come to recognize that getting what you want can be a two-edged sword.
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As I delve into the art of short story writing, I'm also looking at how authors make the stories in a collection cohesive. S.R. Mallery wove together the stories in her book Sewing Can Be Dangerous and Other Small Threads using historical events and … [Continue reading]
Unexpected visitors to our home last night brought the delights of nature and deeper lessons in leadership and teamwork. As darkness fell, a gaggle of Canadian geese came walking up our drive. Four adults and six goslings who could not yet fly made … [Continue reading]
New novel shares family facing challenge of Alzheimer Disease. I'm pleased to welcome Christoph Fischer to join us again today. Christoph last stopped by in November to talk about The Black Eagle Inn, the third novel in his Three Nations trilogy. … [Continue reading]
As a farm kid, getting my driver's license was a huge step. Without it, the bus to and from school was my only option. With a license, I could participate in cheer leading, sports, choir, speech contests, and a multitude of other activities. A … [Continue reading]
My gardens tend toward shade plants with one exception, a pot that sits on the one consistently sunny point of our deck. That pot is planted with geraniums. Always geraniums. They like sun. They're easy. They're pretty. When the geraniums are … [Continue reading]
Every grave holds a story. That's one of the reasons I'm drawn to cemeteries. So many lives. So many stories. Yet we know so little. Only tiny bits of information. Names that may suggest country of origin. Dates that attest to a life long-lived or to … [Continue reading]
Great Smoky Mountains make "amazing" an overused word My friends told us to keep our eyes peeled for wildlife as we drove along the Cades Cove loop in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. We could see deer and wild turkey. If we were really … [Continue reading]
You know you're in the south when … The people at the next table are drinking Coca Cola for breakfast Dairy Queen serves the best biscuits and gravy for breakfast Corn pudding is a side dish option for lunch My friend Sue and I have hit the … [Continue reading]
Life on the Australian home front during World War One. The World War One centenary has many authors writing stories to illustrate that time. As I’ve been writing about life in the Midwest United States 100 years ago, it’s been a pleasure to … [Continue reading]
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