About me

My historical novel for adults, The Practice House, gave me a chance to work out, in fictional form, the joys and limitations of home life in the 1930s, an era shaped by the same moral code (and daily tasks) of my adolescence. Writing it reminded me how much I loved crimping the edges of pies, cutting around the pinned edge of a dress pattern, planning a Thanksgiving menu, and tipping rain water out of the bottles my grandmother collected at the dump and used to decorate her yard. The thing my three novels have in common is their faith in the power of commonplace objects and the good intentions of strangers.
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In Memory of Wilma Boggs
Tuesday, October 10
10:15 a.m.
Redeemer by the Sea Lutheran Church, 
​Carlsbad, California

Imperial Beach Library
Books & Coffee
Saturday, October 14
10 a.m.
810 Imperial Beach Boulevard
Imperial Beach, CA 91932
(619) 424-6981

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