Protest? Deadhead? Young Republican? (What Did You Do?)
“KENT, Ohio, May 4—Four students at Kent State University, two of them women, were shot to death this afternoon by a volley of National Guard gunfire. At least 8 other
Annabel fights for justice while her daughter, Ivy, craves normalcy—until idealism collides with reality, bringing tragic consequences.
The story begins in 1964 during Freedom Summer in Mississippi when the disappearance of Annabel’s first love sparks a lifelong fight for justice—the novel follows five couples and their seven children from the 1960s to 2020 through the turbulence of civil rights, Vietnam, feminism, and communal living as profoundly personal and political struggles intertwine across generations.
“KENT, Ohio, May 4—Four students at Kent State University, two of them women, were shot to death this afternoon by a volley of National Guard gunfire. At least 8 other
Writing a first draft is a bit of torture. Planning and outlining are intense. Research is fun. Revising is immersive. Copy editing requires chocolate and coffee. And then there is
Do we have just enough Miep Gies in us? “I am not a hero. I stand at the end of the long, long line of good Dutch people who
Fiction is for escape; fiction teaches empathy. In every book, I work to put the story first (“the gotta know”—as per Stephen King’s instructions) while imbuing it with the