I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and lived in the Midwest most of my married life.In my first novel, Lake Surrender, I use my love of Michigan lakes to tell a story of a woman struggling with abrupt change and difficult circumstances to see a greater hand at work.With slices of humor, I write of hardships many face as a single mom, a parent of a disabled child, a displaced employee, a lonely widow and a once homeless young man.My characters, flawed, live through unnerving stress, like a barefoot water-skier hanging on to the boat … Read More
