The day for you. The night for me.

Rosa was winner of the Driftless Series Prize in 2017 from Brain Mill Press.  It is the story of a home health aide from Honduras.  She is being interviewed by bright little Mexican fifth grader who elicits some of her story for a school project.  The darker parts, of her abuse and flight to the US with her children she mulls in private.  What she learns from the little girl, her love for one of her patients, a wheelchair bound former civil rights lawyer, and her part in a strike of health care workers gives her a new sense of herself. 

Rachel Bleu is not my real name, but sometimes obscurity is better than reality.

Sally Renee Grace's strict, religious upbringing is complicating her life. Confused about her feelings for her best friend, Tracy, Sally struggles to understand her "different" emotions and wonders whether she might be a lesbian. Always following the rules and whatever society has dictated, Sally searches for her authentic self and learns that love has no boundaries.

"Beyond the Broken Vows is a moving story of healing, self discovery and empowerment for anybody who has been betrayed. It focuses on divorce it contains vital teachings about resilience, self discovery and personal growth that may be applied to anybody going through a big life upheaval. A new viewpoint on transformation and adversity where she didn't walk out alone- her family stood at the door with the hands open, not their hearts closed.
He said no one could ever take her back .Her father said "she never left".
She didn't leave her marriage she returned to herself.