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The Other Anna: A Novel

Caught between her mother's rigid control and a family servant's mythic visions, Anna Berter learns the secrets of her family and the perils and responsibilities of that knowledge as she comes of age in early 20th century Iowa.


Night Ride Home: A Novel

The women in a family shattered by a son's death in a riding accident find courage, connection and their sense of self with the help of the mother's first love.




A More Perfect Union: Poems and Stories About the Modern Wedding

Not the usual hearts and flowers, but a realistic take on the joys and fears, the excitement and anxiety surrounding every couple's decision to cross the threshold into a new life of commitment to one another.

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