Love Mercy by Earlene Fowler

Description

Bibliographic Details

• Author: Earlene Fowler
• Title: Love Mercy (Love Mercy Johnson Series)
• Publisher: ‎ Berkley Publishing Group; Berkley Hardcover Edition (March 3, 2009)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover -‎ 325 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 0425225976
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0425225974
• Item Weight: ‎ 1.20 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 6.5 x 1.1 x 9.5 inches
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher
• Book Condition: Used – Very Good (Shows some minimal discoloration on page edges)
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Synopsis:

New from the national bestselling author of The Saddlemaker's Wife and the Agatha Award-winning Benni Harper mystery series.

After being widowed, Love Mercy Johnson has come to terms with her life in Morro Bay, California. She spends her time writing columns for a regional magazine, helping her in-laws work their ranch, and trying to move on. But her dreams of reconciliation with her long-estranged grandchildren come true when her eighteen-year- old brokenhearted granddaughter, Rett, unexpectedly shows up. Together they struggle to co-exist while confronting old resentments and painful memories.

When a family crisis forges an unexpected connection between the two grieving women, they must discover if by working together, they can change their lives, and the lives of those they love, for the better.

About the Author:

Greetings from a native Southern Californian. Yes, there are a few of us that exist!

I've been married 48 years to my high school sweetheart, Allen, who was born in Kansas. We met when we were fifteen. We don't have children, but are currently owned by a scruffy and adorable rescue terrier mix named Ivy.

Though I'm a native Southern Californian, my parents are not. My father was born in Colorado and grew up in a migrant worker family. My mother's family were cotton share croppers in Arkansas. I've been writing since I was in my late-twenties.

I published my first novel, Fool's Puzzle, when I was in my late thirties. I like to ride horses when I can (and luckily, have friends who own horses), walk my dog, travel with my husband and, of course, love to read. There are four girls in my family. I'm the number two sister. I was named after my father and my grandfather. Both of them were named Earl.

The first book I remember reading by myself was Curious George. I think it was the one where he went to the circus. My favorite fictional character is Old Yeller. He had courage and loyalty, two virtues I admire greatly.

Back in the 1980's, for a year and a half, I taught a weekly craft class at a retirement home in Covina, California. My youngest member was in her late sixties; my oldest was ninety-eight. Those fifteen women taught me way more than I ever taught them. I love strawberry ice cream and fried tacos. Together or separately. Doesn't matter.