Another Favorite

[Just a small footnote… I and some other family visitors are beginning a letter of commendation campaign, after we learned yesterday that a formal reprimand was put in Ally’s file, blaming her for the upheaval. We’re all seething now. AAARRRGHHH!!!]

I found another author that I really like. I briefly mentioned her before, but I found several more of her works. Jacquelyn Mitchard had been a columnist for a major Milwaukee newspaper before she turned to novels. Despite the fact that she’s the mother of !seven!, she takes time to write some excellent fiction. Her first novel, The Deep End of the Ocean captivated me, and I wanted more. She even wrote a book in which one of the main characters has MS! The Breakdown Lane. I’m skipping around, but my library obtains for me anything written by her.

Now she’s also writing young adult literature. Having been a Junior High English teacher, my ears perk up when I hear about new authors. If I were still teaching, we’d be doing a marathon of her works. She lives in WI, not that far from my sister, who has heard Ms Mitchard speak.

I’m now halfway through Second Nature, and I’m finding it fascinating. If you enjoy good (and different) fiction, check her out. Let me know what you think.

Peace,
Muff