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The mammoth cheese

a novel
2003
The tiny town of Three Chimneys, Virginia becomes the focus of media attention when dog trainer Manda Frank gives birth to eleven babies, and the resulting visit by presidential candidate Adams Brooke inspires struggling cheesemaker Margaret Prickett, an avid Brooke supporter, to re-create for him the 1,235-pound of Chelshire made by Thomas Jefferson's fans and transported to Washington in 1801.

Nature lessons

2003
Kate Jensen is forced to think about her childhood as a white girl in apartheid South Africa when her mother, newly diagnosed with cancer, beckons her home from America.

The courage tree

2001
Janine finds herself in the midst of a mother's worst nightmare when her eight-year-old daughter Sophie, a child who suffers from kidney disease, disappears in the woods of West Virginia while on a scouting trip.

The honey thief

2000
Eleven-year-old Eva's arrest for shoplifting prompts her mother to move them out of Manhattan to a quiet town in upstate New York where Eva meets a reclusive beekeeper who helps mother and daughter face their past and move forward into the future.

Daughter

1999
Fourteen-year-old Sylvie Marchione struggles to deal with school pressure, the return of her absentee father, and her mother's battle with Alzheimer's Disease.

Crazy in the cockpit

a novel
1999
Kendra Davis, a reporter for her college newspaper, decides to test the truth of an advertisement that claims anyone can be a pilot for twenty dollars, and, much to the dismay of her anxious mother, eschews graduate school to pursue a career as an airline pilot.

Kinship

1999
In 1961 fifteen-year-old Pert, who lives with her mother in Kinship, Georgia, meets her long-absent father and discovers the true meaning of home.

Mothers & daughters

an anthology
1998
A collection of twenty fiction stories in which a variety of authors explore the relationship between mothers and daughters.

Girls seen and heard

52 life lessons for our daughters
1998
Offers fifty-two interactive life lessons designed to help girls feel valued for their talents, personalities, and abilities, in order to heighten their aspirations and reach their full potential.

Mother love

poems
1995
A collection of poems derived from the ancient Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone that explores the love between mother and daughter.

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