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This intriguing novel is, basically, a family drama about the trouble four teenage girls from the Central Valley of California cause when they make some poor decisions. As with most teens, the trouble comes in the form of boys, sex, drugs, and/or alcohol. "After all," they reason, it's summer and they want to have "the best summer ever."

But this powerful story is much more than that: It's also about the struggles their mothers face as they attempt to help their daughters ... a story of strong,… Continue

Miles to Go, written by talented author Laurel-Rain Snow, is a story about love and loyalty ... about family foibles, husbandly humiliations, and female friendship--friendship that lasts a lifetime! But above all, it's a story of smart, strong, independent women, average women who have to make it on their own ... or not make it at all.

This exciting, complex story starts in 1970 when two friends, Lindsay and Gia, are California college students, doing what kids did in those days: protest… Continue

The burden of child abuse follows Meg Graham from her strict fundamentalist upbringing to the Summer
of Love.

From the time she is ten years old, Meg is determined to escape her father’s controlling grasp, get an education
and marry the man of her choice. As a young woman she reaches her goals, but happiness eludes her.

Miserable in her marriage, she takes her toddler son and leaves her controlling husband, builds a satisfying
career as a social worker, finds emotional support among new women… Continue

Reviewed for Midwest Book Review, July 2, 2008
By Christy Tillery French "author, The Bodyguard... (Powell, TN) - See all my reviews


Abused at a young age by her mother's boyfriend, Amber Cushing has lived a chaotic life, leaving home at an early age, wandering from job to job, using drugs, and working for a short time as a prostitute. Amber harbors resentment toward her mother because of the abuse and keeps her mother and grandmother at a distance, sporadically interacting with them. When she… Continue