WRITING
Dacker’s Daughter
In a mining town where hope is as tapped-out as the gold, a mother abandons her two children. Dacker’s Daughter is a memoir of what happens next as Lori, 10, and Brad, 5, end up in the custody of their free-spirited father. Colorful and larger-than-life, Dacker is a dreamer who fails spectacularly at everything — except at being a loving parent. When they lose everything in a house fire, Dacker considers this the ultimate freedom. He leads his children on a cross-Canada road trip that will force them to rely on his wits — and dubious judgment. Amid the chaos, Lori has to raise herself and her younger brother — and, her father. Striving for independence, she discovers that it’s hard to leave home when home has wheels, and keeps following you around.
At its heart, Dacker’s Daughter is about the love we find in even the most unconventional families, and how sometimes we need to leave home to find our way back. It’s also a story of resilience, hope and what it takes to be truly free.
COMING SOON!
La Vie est Bella
Bella is a 60-something American living in Paris. Suddenly, her settled life is upended. Her marriage breaks up. Her son goes off to university. Her best friend returns to the Philippines. Her dog dies. Pushed into retirement sooner than she expected — which was never — she finds herself alone and on the shelf. With no purpose or plan for how to live the latter part of her life, she decides to escape what feels like “death’s waiting room”. Over the Internet, she rents an apartment in a Mexican fishing village, only to discover it has a disconcerting lack of walls between her and the jungle. She feels certain she has made a terrible mistake, but little by little, the people she encounters — a dying American who is full of life, a biologist fighting for the community’s water supply, and a fearless local journalist targeted by the cartel — teach her how to find her way back into life.
La Vie est Bella is a coming-of-old-age story about discovering that it’s never too late to find your life’s purpose, and that you’re never too old to fall in love.
IN PROGRESS
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