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Sometimes on our life's journey, it seems as if we've lost our way. In this contemporary novel, Joanna Quinn's journey mirrors the struggles nearly all of us face at some point in the progress of our own lives. This is how her story begins:

"Things just wouldn't add up. She'd been at it a solid hour. Joannaleaned on her elbows over the yellow legal pad and frowned at the lastfigure she had circled, nearly lost among the uneven columns ofnumbers, cross outs, cryptic notations and pointing arrows. If shecould just get to next week's paycheck"

Alone on that bleak March night, Joanna Quinn finds her patched-together life coming undone. Deserted by her husband and isolated from her family, she and her young daughter, Gwen, face an uncertain future financially and emotionally.

How could everything have gotten so off track? Where could she turn for answers?

With her unscrupulous landlord hinting at sexual favors in lieu of rent, there is no time left to hope solutions will find them. Accepting temporary refuge with her best friend, Kim, she undertakes the hard work of re-balancing her life.

It is in part a matter of her coming to trust others who wish to help. But it's not until she rediscovers faith in herself that she finds the place to begin again. ... Read more

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Sensitive and Useful
This book is a sensitive examination of a young woman's journey from discouragement to hope. Accompanied by her daughter Gwen, Joanna finds her way out of a failed marriage and enters into a more mature world of unlimited possibilities.Readers who are navigating the same difficult waters may find the fictional adventures of Joanna and her daughter useful in planning their own journeys. ... Read more

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In her second novel, Carol Ohmart Behan explores the elusive mysteries of our connections to one another and the places we call home.

"We both just sort of washed back up on the banks of Black Creek Falls," was how Luke described it to Maggie.

His time away was in the jungles of Vietnam... hers was spent in Pittsburg escaping a family-shattering event. She'd wound up coming home to help her father, and six years later, was still only waiting tables at the Creekside Diner. But the past will not stay quiet for either of them. As another summer beings, Maggie must summon the courage to discover the truth of what happened all those years ago. She finds herself drawn to Luke as they become allies in mending their separate lives. Given all she learns, can she risk responding to the spark rekindling between them? ... Read more