"If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it."--Toni Morrison
On the Wings of Dragonflies: This memoir is a celebration of life and resiliency that chronicles my journey in surviving the death of my twenty-two year old daughter at the hands of a drunk driver. It draws from the wisdom and comfort to be found from other writers, philosophers, and theologians. Writing about my journey--about my faith in God, Judaism, and family--has become my salvation, my path back to the world of the living.I am changed in so many ways by my daughter's life and death and have found strength and sustenance when I feared there was none to be had.
Split Feather, a novel: What if it isn't just the living who crave connection? What if the deceased do as well? And what if the chasm between family members can be healed long after one has gone to the grave? More than simply a coming-of-age tale, Split Feather is a unique chorus of four women, a multi-generational story of a family split by misunderstanding and reunited by one girl's insistence on knowing all of who she is.
Living in Two Falls, New Mexico with her Hopi/Navajo grandmother, twelve-year-old Hannah grapples with the death of her mother nine years earlier and the more recent passing of her father. Now an orphan, now desperate to learn about her mother’s Jewish side of the family, Hannah embarks on a quest. Her estranged great-grandmother may offer the only way for her to understand the past and move forward. Closing the divide that separates us can make us whole. Decisions made in life exact a price. Reconciliation and redemption are possible, even after death. Wisdom and compassion are to be found in both worlds. These worlds are not so very separate after all.
Without a Word: Three women, each with their own perspectives on Jason Carlisle--a complicated soul whom each of them loved. When Olivia Rosen is told of Jason's sudden and unexpected death, she's determined to uncover the truth about him. Nothing seems to make sense, not his alleged suicide nor the details of his life. Olivia finds herself plunged into a world of one secret after the next. She seems to be on a collision course with the world of espionage; her survival depends on her own courage and tenacity.
With Jason's death, Olivia's mother, too, has lost one of her dearest friends. How can Ina be supportive of her daughter without sacrificing her relationship with her husband and other daughter?
And then there is Catherine, Jason's long deceased mother. Her voice brings wisdom and compassion to the story even from the Other Side.
Three stories of three women and the man they loved weave together in this compelling novel as they search for the truth and try to make sense of a life filled with mystery and illusion.
Split Feather, a novel: What if it isn't just the living who crave connection? What if the deceased do as well? And what if the chasm between family members can be healed long after one has gone to the grave? More than simply a coming-of-age tale, Split Feather is a unique chorus of four women, a multi-generational story of a family split by misunderstanding and reunited by one girl's insistence on knowing all of who she is.
Living in Two Falls, New Mexico with her Hopi/Navajo grandmother, twelve-year-old Hannah grapples with the death of her mother nine years earlier and the more recent passing of her father. Now an orphan, now desperate to learn about her mother’s Jewish side of the family, Hannah embarks on a quest. Her estranged great-grandmother may offer the only way for her to understand the past and move forward. Closing the divide that separates us can make us whole. Decisions made in life exact a price. Reconciliation and redemption are possible, even after death. Wisdom and compassion are to be found in both worlds. These worlds are not so very separate after all.
Without a Word: Three women, each with their own perspectives on Jason Carlisle--a complicated soul whom each of them loved. When Olivia Rosen is told of Jason's sudden and unexpected death, she's determined to uncover the truth about him. Nothing seems to make sense, not his alleged suicide nor the details of his life. Olivia finds herself plunged into a world of one secret after the next. She seems to be on a collision course with the world of espionage; her survival depends on her own courage and tenacity.
With Jason's death, Olivia's mother, too, has lost one of her dearest friends. How can Ina be supportive of her daughter without sacrificing her relationship with her husband and other daughter?
And then there is Catherine, Jason's long deceased mother. Her voice brings wisdom and compassion to the story even from the Other Side.
Three stories of three women and the man they loved weave together in this compelling novel as they search for the truth and try to make sense of a life filled with mystery and illusion.