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Sharon Rolens

Born: 1932 in Old Kane, Illinois
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Sharon Rolens lived in Illinois until her retirement when she moved to Colorado.

Biography: Sharon was formerly a professional musician in Jacksonville, IL, 1961-73. She also worked at the Jacksonville State Hospital.


Awards:

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

Sharon Rolens on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=sharon++rolens


Selected Titles

What else but home :
ISBN: 1882593758 OCLC: 51900250

Bridge Works Pub., Bridgehampton, N.Y. : ©2003.

Three men return to their home town seeking redemption and change--Cappy Giberson; his father Drayton Hunt, a born-again ex-con; and Tick Giberson--each respectively fleeing his own demons and expectations hoping to make a new start in a small town.

Worthy's town /
ISBN: 188259357X OCLC: 828101170

Bridge Works Pub. ; Bridgehampton, N.Y. : 2002, ©2000.

Beneath the quiet surface of life in Old Kane, Illinois, love, cruelty, murder, and friendship drive the destinies of Worthy and Willa Giberson and their boy Cappy in this novel spanning 1925 to 1950.

 

 

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