Margaret Mary Jones Strope, an amateur poet in Towanda, Pa., passed on to her six children her love of the written word. The result is "A Family of Poets," a living legacy of poems by all seven that range from humor to haiku, from love to loss and many topics in between.
Margaret Mary Jones Strope, an amateur poet in Towanda, Pa., passed on to her six children her love of the written word. The result is "A Family of Po...
When thirty-something editor Erin Markham finds her reporter dead in the pressroom of her Charlotte, NC, newspaper, all heck breaks loose in this traditional mystery. Erin is convinced it's murder. Her quest to find the killer leads her straight into danger. Along the way, she must cope with a family secret buried for years, a secret that threatens her most precious relationships. Written by a former newspaper editor, "Deadline for Death" offers a realistic look inside a big-city newsroom. First in a series.
When thirty-something editor Erin Markham finds her reporter dead in the pressroom of her Charlotte, NC, newspaper, all heck breaks loose in this trad...
Perfect for book clubs, this is the story of two strong women at odds with each other. Delia O'Toole is determined to escape the nursing home that has become her prison. So when her lifelong enemy, Ruthann, begs her to return to their hometown in North Carolina, Delia realizes it's time to confront Ruthann and the events that changed their lives forever. It's time to deal with "the accident." Going home means remembering those long-ago days when Delia and Ruthann were poverty-stricken girls working in the cotton mill. It also means remembering the impulsive decision Delia made as a teen, a...
Perfect for book clubs, this is the story of two strong women at odds with each other. Delia O'Toole is determined to escape the nursing home that has...
On a sunny morning on the Pennsylvania frontier in 1778, a mother sits down to breakfast with her children. Within an hour, the family is torn asunder. While her husband rides for help, Indians seize her and their sons. Only her teenage daughter escapes. Alone in the world, young Jane struggles to make her way, while her father searches frantically for her. Soon even greater tragedy erupts. Set against the turmoil of our country's founding, this is a novel about relationships and the struggle of a divided family to reunite against great odds. Book club discussion questions included.
On a sunny morning on the Pennsylvania frontier in 1778, a mother sits down to breakfast with her children. Within an hour, the family is torn asunder...
The sun shines brightly in a cloudless sky on the day that a blue car pulls up to young Sarah's home. Two men, aided by her father, hustle her mother away without a word, leaving a stunned Sarah staring after them. Thus begins Sarah's journey into a world of secrets, a world of great responsibility and little guidance. Along the way, "The Blue Car," set in western North Carolina in 1952, explores when to keep a promise and when to break it, and whether people can really change. Book club discussion questions included.
The sun shines brightly in a cloudless sky on the day that a blue car pulls up to young Sarah's home. Two men, aided by her father, hustle her mother ...
When Delia O'Toole, now an aging music teacher, left the North Carolina mill village where she grew up, she thought she had left her troubled past behind. But her new friendship with young Kate, a college student from their hometown and granddaughter of Delia's childhood enemy, changes all that. Kate is injured in an auto accident that threatens to destroy her dreams. So when Delia is called back home because a loved one is near death, Kate goes with her. Once there, Delia fears that a tragic secret that she had hoped to hide will come to light, a secret that could threaten one of her most...
When Delia O'Toole, now an aging music teacher, left the North Carolina mill village where she grew up, she thought she had left her troubled past beh...
