TAKE ME TO MERCY takes place in the early 1970's. It is the story of a young woman named Jo, as she moves from her 20's into her 30's, and the women's movement that holds her along her way. It is also a story about a rural community of great natural beauty and of a man who helps Jo find her home. It tells the story of the women's movement as it worked on the ground in an ordinary community, moved by ordinary women, during an extraordinary time. It is meant for the young, who need to know how far we've come so they can have the courage to keep moving for change. It is also for women of a...

This anthology presents the story of life - from the beginning of the cosmos through the 1800's, into rural America of the 1940's, to Tblisi in 1998, and on to today, all told through the voices of women expressing their knowledge, their age, their mortality, and their love. The anthology holds much hilarity, a few good mysteries, lots of great story telling, some heartbreak, and much wisdom. There is poetry. There is nonfiction. There are short stories. There are essays. There are excerpts from larger works in progress. And, on every page, there is the glowing result of the love of words and...