Three things happen to Keno Deane in 1959, the year she turns twelve: her mom gets married, she gets her period, and her new friend Teensie Henderson gets into big, big trouble. When she stumbles onto Teensie's dilemma, and is sworn to secrecy, Keno's own life is turned upside down. Keno promised to keep Teensie's secret, though, and she constantly has to remind herself: "A promise is a promise, no matter how small." But some secrets are way too big to carry alone, no matter how old, or young, you are.

More Like A River is a collection of short stories, written and perfected over the years. Twenty-five stories await you, some of which are: December Blessing, a story in which a woman is led to a derelict tenement by a strange child; Kansas, 1939, a dust bowl story; Random Acts, where a woman waits in restaurants for her prey; Tom's Own Little World, in which a microbiologist discovers a miniature world that makes no sense; The Old Woman, a love story; Mr. O'Sullivan's Birds, in which two children learn a valuable lesson; Uncle Harold, a quirky mystery; The Prodigal Daughter, where a woman...