Additional information
| Dimensions | 6×9 |
|---|---|
| Formats | paperback |
| Page Count | 275 |
About the Author
I was born and raised in the eastern Missouri Ozarks — my folks grew up on adjoining farms, and our family roots go deep in Madison, Iron, and Reynolds counties. I went to college at the University of Missouri.
After a few years as a newspaper reporter, I returned to school and then got into the higher education biz, with teaching stints at Centenary College of Louisiana, Drury University, Culver-Stockton College, and Western Kentucky University. I retired recently after a couple of years teaching at Central Methodist University.
Other stuff
I’m an avid canoer, rafter, and kayaker on Missouri’s float streams…..a longtime member, friend, and supporter of the Quincy, Illinois, Unitarian Church…..a fan of the St. Louis Cardinals…..a hiker (ok, make that walker)…..a former president and board member of the Missouri Writers’ Guild.
Bring Daybreak
One era ends and another begins in this thrilling and thought-provoking final book in the Daybreak series. Community matriarch Charlotte Turner, now in her 90s, prepares to leave the world. Her granddaughter Petey, a single woman who owns the community newspaper, feels unready to shoulder the responsibility. In the mid-1920s Missouri Ozarks, farmers are struggling and the Ku Klux Klan has resurfaced. A deep and unexpected romance with an out-of-town social reformer only complicates Petey’s life more. Petey has to draw deep on her resilient rural heritage to overcome the many challenges that face her as her community moves from the horse-and-buggy era to the modern age.
Bring Daybreak is rich in historical detail as it presents a little-seen side of the 1920s. Rural America, far from being the decadent Jazz Age playland we’re familiar with, was a scene of social struggle as reformers and reactionaries battled for the soul of America’s heartland. Petey Turner, a scrappy, idealistic small-town newspaperwoman, is a relatable hero in a story of struggle between prejudice and progress.
$20.95
