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The Unveiling of Polly Forrest

When her new husband Sam perishes in a bizarre farm accident, would-be milliner Polly is secretly delighted to be released from his cruel clutches. However, Polly soon becomes the prime suspect in his murder. As she digs for evidence to clear her name, Polly falls into a sinister web implicating her in a nefarious crime ring being investigated by the White House Police. Polly’s life and those of her family are at stake. Narrated by Polly, her self-righteous older sister, Sarah, and Sarah’s well-meaning, but flawed husband, Wesley, a Methodist minister, the story follows several twists through the landscape of the rural Midwest.

The Unveiling of Polly Forrest

Rural MIchigan, 1934

During the throes of the Great Depression Polly marries for money.

Such a smart move.

Such a harrowing outcome.

  I grew up on a Midwest farm much like the one in my novels.  I have authored two nonfiction books and two novels, my previous being, Threads: A Depression-Era Tale. Before writing full-time, I was Associate Director of University of Michigan’s Lloyd Scholars for Writing and Arts. 

Threads A Depression Era Tale

When young Nellie wanders down the woods of her family farm to play with pollywogs at the creek, she usual encounters her imaginary friends of bears, space aliens, and Pottawatomi Indians.  After all, it's 1934, the height of the Great Depression, and her real world is limited.  But when she starts digging for pirate treasure and discovers the tiny hand of a dead baby, a whole new world is revealed.

Threads A Depression Era Tale

It's a boring, hardscrabble life for three sisters growing up on a Michigan farm in the throes the of the Great Depression.  But when young Nellie, digging for pirate treasure, discovers the tiny hand of a dead baby, rumors begin to fly. 

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BOOKLIFE PRIZE

THREADS was one of fourteen books to reach the quarterfinals in the general fiction section which was comprised of contemporary as well as historical fiction.

A READERS' FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2020

Honorable Mention