Fly Home, Butterfly (2021)
Cassie, the adopted aughter of Tully McMillen, decides to seek out her biological parents after years of wondering about her true identity. After finding her birth mother, only to be rejected again she is determined to locate her father. Her quest leads her to remote areas of the migrating Monarchs in the U.S. and Mexico, where she discovers her father, a reclusive entomologist, chasing the migration patterns of the Monarch butterfly, and harbors his own long-buried secrets.
Throughout the arduous search, Cassie encounters danger, and also finds friendship and love. As she begins to comprehend how her father's life mirrors hers, she starts to explore how it has affected her own identity. Fly Home, Butterfly examines the larger themes of truth and loss of innocence. Will Cassie's journey result in a transition from anger to forgiveness? Will her father discover a way to redeem himself in his daughter's eyes?
Two Mice and a Dragonfly (2019)
In Linda's latest book, Sean proposes to Tully while they are still in their teens and being cat pet parents is the main thing they have in common. When their marriage begins to deteriorate, having cats isn’t enough. They decide to start a family, in part, to try to hold their relationship together. Penelope becomes their nanny cat, instinctively taking on the responsibility of watching over the whole family. When an unfortunate accident threatens to further destroy family relationships, their cats do their best to help bring them together again.
Two Mice and a Dragonfly poses questions of how to move on despite betrayal, rejection, regret, and loss. Playful, but also poignant and provocative, Two Mice and a Dragonfly employs the uncanny ingenuity of felines. Will the cats be enough to invoke lasting renewal of love and forgiveness?
Indiana Summer (2016)
When Linda sets off to school for the first time, she is eager to learn to read actual words–not just repeat children’s stories from memory. Right away, however, she is confronted by ridicule. Growing up in Indiana during the ‘50’s and ‘60’s, Linda searches for approval and acceptance by classmates, teachers, and family members. Feeling isolated and often rejected, she turns to the magic and beauty of nature and animals, finding momentary companionship.
In the compelling and often humorous memoir, Indiana Summer, Linda makes a discovery, but only after moving two thousand miles from rural Indiana, to the West Coast. Following the ordeal of a critical, endangering incident, she comes to a realization that changes her life.
off to school for the first time, she is eager to learn to read actual words–not just repeat children’s stories from memory. Right away, however, she is confronted by ridicule. Growing up in Indiana during the ‘50’s and ‘60’s, Linda searches for approval and acceptance by classmates, teachers, and family members. Feeling isolated and often rejected, she turns to the magic and beauty of nature and animals, finding momentary companionship.
In the compelling and often humorous memoir, Indiana Summer, Linda makes a discovery, but only after moving two thousand miles from rural Indiana, to the West Coast. Following the ordeal of a critical, endangering incident, she comes to a realization that changes her life.
