Illinois Authors

Armentia, an aged black Cherokee woman, remembers her youth, her family, and their struggle to hold on to their dreams.

Bethany House, Minneapolis, Minn. : ©2006.

Armentia, an aged black Cherokee woman, remembers her youth, her family, and their struggle to hold on to their dreams.

Bethany House Publishers, Minneapolis, Minn. : ©2004.

A retired woman decides she has two missions in life: one, to see the mountains, and two, to bring together two flawed and lonely people who have gone through life ignorant of their problems because of the misguided kindness of those around them.

Thorndike Press, Waterville, Me. : 2003.

After Garvin Daniel's supervisor suspends her unfairly, she decides to return home to regroup and to keep an eye on her grandmother, who has been keeping company with a much younger man whom Garvin suspects is after her grandmother's money.

Multnomah Publishers, Sisters, Or. : ©2001.

"Garvin Daniels is a sassy, bright, self-absorbed D.C. lawyer with her eyes on a partnership. There's just one problem--Meemaw, her seventy-something grandmother! ... When Garvin discovers her grandmother's radical emancipation--and the man who's leading the charge--she hits the road for her North Carolina home, determined to help Meemaw get it together before she goes too far."--Page 4 of cover.

Bethany House Publishers, Minneapolis, Minn. : ©2005.

"Against the backdrop of San Francisco, Anthony, a banking executive, and Naomi, a dentist, are two people who have trusted their jobs and status to make them whole--until they are suddenly without either. Filled with signature humor, this story takes them on an unexpected search for a new life"--Provided by publisher.

Thorndike Press, Waterville, Me. : 2003.

Eighteen-year-old African-American Alena's sheltered life on her parent's Mississippi farm has not prepared her for the truth about racism, but a shocking discovery leads her to leave her home in 1919 and travel to Chicago in search of answers and justice.

Alabaster Books, Sisters, Or. : ©2000.

"The date is 1919, a time of unrest and drastic change. For Alena, though, life in Mississippi is perfect, and she prays she will never leave her home. That prayer is shattered when she makes a horrible discovery that leads her to challenge all she believes. From a quiet country setting Alena is catapulted to Chicago."--Jacket.

Thorndike Press, Waterville, Me. : 2004, ©2002.

In a sequel to Riding Through Shadows, Mother, Ma Dear, and Tony Taylor wonder if Sheri exists outside of Shirley Ferris's imagination and considers the contents and mysterious sender of Shirley's letter.

Multnomah, Sisters, Or. : ©2002.

"Shirley Ferris Mills has given up on moonlight and roses--survival is the name of the game now. Widowed and weary, there is no place too far, she thinks, to escape her sorrowful past."--Page 4 of cover.

Multnomah Pub 2006.