Born in California on June 17, 1942, Harley White has lived in Spain with her second husband Kirk Wangensteen since 1990. The tragedies referred to in the book are the deaths of her only two, adult children from her first marriage, - her daughter in August 1994, followed by her son in March 1996. ______ Harley White writes poetry, songs, stories, short and long, works based on fairy tales, among other things.