About
I am a wife and mom to the real Joey, Danny and Jacqui who appear in my first self-published picture book, A Reel Cool Summer. I have written two other books that are available for the Kindle:
Smell My Feet! 10 Seriously Silly and Sweet Short Stories for Squirts
What About Barnaby? A Gumshoe Crew Mystery
I am a supporter of literacy initiatives and have been an Adult Literacy Tutor as well as a member of the Board of Directors of the literacy program in my community.
Description
<p>A mythical jewel of a story… A true story told on a beach in Yucatan, A Shadow tells Stephanie's story but it was also the story of the golden time. Its nostalgia sings like cicadas in the heat.</p><p>An American ‘Under Milkwood’, this distilled novel of the Sixties evokes the sounds, music and optimism on the free-wheelin streets and parks of Coconut Grove. You can hear Bob Dylan still strumming acoustic; smoke a joint with Fred Neil; and Everybody’s Talkin is carried on the wind.</p><p>Stephanie, a young hairdresser living in lodgings finds herself pregnant. Refused help from her hard Catholic mother in New York, unable to abort her baby, she accepts the kindness of Miriam, her Jewish landlady, whose own barren life spills into compassionate assistance for the daughter she never had.</p><p>The poignancy of its ending, its generosity and acceptance, echoes the bitter disappointment of those of us who hoped for so much more, but who remember its joy, and its promise, as though untarnished by time.</p>
Story Behind The Book
An angel, a hero, and a cute dog named Charlie are just a few of the characters in this book of silly and sweet short stories for kids.
Don't be surprised if you recognize yourself, a funny uncle, or a friend in one of the characters.
Boys and girls ages 7-10 will enjoy reading on their own or get everyone together for read-aloud fun!
An Angel Without Wings
A Hero at the Beach
The Man on the Bench
The Purplest Day Ever
Charlie's Search
The Disappearing Doughnut Dilemma
The Puzzling Mystery of Lulu and D
Leaving
The Book Party (or, Has Mr. Humbleheart Lost his Mind?)
Smell My Feet!
Reviews
"These are really great, charming stories! Your style has a unique, recognizably
special flavor." Wayne Cleavenger
