“gratitude is a thing you can grow in your life like a sunflower. I try to keep mine tall.”

This novel was by far and away the best of the entries I received. In a class entirely by itself. 

Georgia Romance Writer’s Maggie Award Judge.

Sharp and witty.

Marlowe and Christie Awards judge

While the elements of story-telling are admirably poised, what truly elevates the work is the keenness of its observation and the nuanced emotional rendering of its world.

Annie Barrows, author of “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society”