Debra Quakerneck had just lost her husband to infidelity (a sexual affair with her sister!) when she met Mieke Adams, an elderly woman with a lust for life, an admiration for the Japanese culture, and a lifetime of stories to share. Mieke's distinctive Zen garden furnished the stage for kindred spirits to play out a drama of broken hearts, lost relatives, and the long road to healing.
Out of the women's friendship, a mysterious connection arises by which Debra and Mieke must follow the path to the 1600's, where they discover their kinship to Dutch ...
Debra Quakerneck had just lost her husband to infidelity (a sexual affair with her sister!) when she met Mieke Adams, an elderly woman with a lust for life, an admiration for the Japanese culture, and a lifetime of stories to share.
Mieke's distinctive Zen garden furnished the stage for kindred spirits to play out a drama of broken hearts, lost relatives, and the long road to healing.
Out of the women's friendship, a mysterious connection arises by which Debra and Mieke must follow the path to the 1600's, where they discover their kinship to Dutch and English sailors who first arrived in Japan.
With the past as her guide, Debra steers ahead into the future with newfound love for her husband, forgiveness for her sister, bonding with a relative she never knew she had, and a wisdom she carries on even after the death of dearest friend.
AWG is a story of self-discovery by way of passing knowledge on to others, bonding and human response to kindred spirits. Identification is like the sea that declines no water no matter what its source, therefore all waters gathering to form the sea.
A.E.H. Veenman was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, where she majored in music at Arts High School and then Criminal Justice at New Jersey City University. Having relocated to The Netherlands, she obtained her American law degree abroad from a college in Switzerland. She worked remotely as a literary director for a Wisconsin literary agency then started her own in early 2005.
Later that year, she began her legal career in the video games industry for a digital content creation studio in Amsterdam. Her list of credits includes Overlord by Triumph Studios, Saint's Row by THQ, Terminator Salvation by Warner, and Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 3 by Epic Games.
Veenman's first novel, All Waters Gathering, was released in 2003. In 2011, Aspen Mountain Press (http://www.aspenmountainpress.com) will publish Veenman's second and third novels, Carruther's Place (GBLT Romance) and Barbecue (Murder Thriller).
Today, Veenman operates under her trademark Exobia (http://www.exobia.com), providing legal and agent services along with creating proprietary content in music, digital art, fashion and literature.
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Debra Quakerneck had just lost her husband to infidelity (a sexual affair with her sister!) when she met Mieke Adams, an elderly woman with a lust for life, an admiration for the Japanese culture, and a lifetime of stories to share.Mieke's distinctive Zen garden furnished the stage for kindred spirits to play out a drama of broken hearts, lost relatives, and the long road to healing.
Out of the women's friendship, a mysterious connection arises by which Debra and Mieke must follow the path to the 1600's, where they discover their kinship to Dutch ...