A mother and her child, lost and then found again after four decades: this extraordinary story of love, loss, and reunion is told in alternating voices by the two women, each relating her own powerful experience. For the mother, its the tale of an unhappy marriage followed by betrayal, a pregnancy of uncertain paternity, and the heartrending decision to give up her newborn. The daughters search begins 40 years later, as she slowly, painstakingly, stitches together her story. These intertwined tales give us two unforgettable points of view of a remarkable journey-and of the multiple meanings of motherhood.

I write fiction for young people because I love the infinite imaginative space it offers. Children and young adults are incredibly open to the literature of the fantastic. So far this century, we've enjoyed stories about magic and wizards, vampires and werewolves. Yet the most fantastic subject of all is, herbal medicine. Jessica’s In College by Liberty Dendron A teenage girl, learns how to cure and heal people. Jessica lives in a small town in Virginia. She grows up in Dendron and learns the knowledge of herbal medicine by helping John Earl. A chance encounter opens up a new life that includes a college education. But Jessica longs for her country home….