Grandmother Carried Her Pearls

Set in the late 1970s, Trudy finds herself abandoned at a truck stop by Harold Faust, the attorney who counseled her through an unwanted pregnancy and adoption. The unlikely hero of the story is Mac, a trucker, Vietnam Vet and survivor of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Surprised to find Trudy, Mac asked, "What the hell are you doing here?"

Mac offers to take Trudy back to Milson, a Midwestern city where they both now live, connected by Jackie, Mac's girlfriend and Trudy's employer. The plo...