Dear Reader,

 

In this age of DVDs, videos and high speed internet, does anyone still read fiction?

 

The answer is “Yes!” Because humans  - at our core – are story creatures. People have told and listened to stories since we first crawled out of the caves. And most of us since we sat in a parent’s lap!

 

With the advent of the printing press, we began to vicariously explore many different lives and worlds through the printed page.

 

Even in the information age, people read more than ever – just on the computer screen.

 

But the truth is, there are still millions of people who love curling up with a good book on a lazy Sunday afternoon or late at night because they can’t put it down.

 

That’s why I wrote Seeking Sara Summers - to create a really good story, the kind I like to read!

 

Do you love to escape with a good book? Do you enjoy stories that are honest, yet inspiring, that help you see the possibilities of living a more authentic life? If so, you’ll enjoy Seeking Sara Summers.

 

 

Let me tell you a quick story about my background and how I came to write Seeking Sara Summers and a number of other books.

 

I grew up in Southern Appalachia in a home where books were scarce. In fact, it wasn’t until after I went to college (the first in my family) that I started to read for pleasure. In the course of this reading frenzy, the dream of being a writer was born.

 

I got married and had two daughters. By this time, I had realized what I had missed as a child and so I read to them constantly. They were very young when I divorced but I continued to instill in them a love of reading that they still have today as grown adults. And I am still fanatical about reading, I read an average of fifty books a year, often more.

 

I became a licensed psychotherapist and “worked the couch” for ten years, running a successful practice. But I started burning out and longed to pursue the dream of being a writer.

 

So I rearranged my life, moved to a new city with my daughters and started learning the craft of writing while piecing together part-time jobs so I could both write and be at home when my daughters came home from school.

 

That was 14 years ago. Over that time, I wrote four children’s books which my literary agent is marketing. Seeking Sara Summers is my first novel and I have to admit I am amazed and delighted by the reception it is receiving! I've heard from readers from all over the world - women and men young and old, living in the U.S., Spain, Canada, Ireland and other countries.     

Here is my official blurb about the book:

Sara Summers Stanton has raised three children and works as a high school teacher at the same school she attended growing up. Her 25 year marriage is showing cracks in the façade and now she’s dealing with breast cancer.

In a rare moment of taking care of herself instead of everyone else, Sara takes a sabbatical and goes on the trip to Italy she has always dreamed of taking. This search for a more authentic life leads to Julia, a friend she hasn’t seen since they were inseparable as girls, nearly 30 years earlier.

 

They reunite in Florence and their friendship continues where they left off, resulting in an unexpected attraction to one another that threatens to turn Sara’s already shaky world upside down.
 

What do you do if you fall in love with your best friend?

Sara’s inner conflict and subsequent choices reveal an unpredictable yet dynamic future for all the characters. Seeking Sara Summers is an emotional and lyrical novel, a timeless story about love, commitment and transformation.

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And a quick excerpt:

 

"Julia hurriedly fastened her seat belt. Sara left hers off. If she flew through the windshield on impact, so much the better, she thought. Life had taken an unexpected turn and she had no idea how to deal with it. She was a  stranger to herself. A random thought confirmed that she actually liked this stranger, much more than the old Sara. But it was too late for thoughts like that. She accelerated down the long driveway.

“Where are you going?” Julia asked.

“I have no idea,” Sara said truthfully, “but you’re free to get out at any time.” 

  

 

Read a longer excerpt here.

 

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