The Road to Me: A novel

by Laura Drake

Overview

Jacqueline Oliver is an indie perfumer, trying to bury her ravaged childhood by shoveling ground under her own feet. Then she gets a call she dreads-the hippie grandmother she bitterly resents was apprehended when police busted a charlatan shaman's sweat lodge. Others scattered, but Nellie was slowed by her walker, and the fact that she was wearing nothing but a few Mardi-Gras beads. Jacqueline is her only kin, so, like it or not, she's responsible.Despite being late developing next year's scent, Jacqueline drops everything to travel to Arizona and pick up her free-range grandma. But the Universe conspires to set them on a Route 66 road trip together. What Jacqueline discovers out there could not only heal the scars of her childhood but open her to a brighter future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781611883251
Publisher:	The Story Plant
Publication date:	04/19/2022
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Laura Drake's first novel, The Sweet Spot, was a double-finalist and then won the 2014 Romance Writers of America RITA award. She's since published 11 more novels. She is a founding member of Women's Fiction Writers Assn, Writers in the Storm blog, as well as a member of Western Writers of America and Women Writing the West.Laura is a city girl who never grew out of her tomboy ways or serious cowboy crush. She gave up a corporate CFO gig to write full time. She realized a lifelong dream of becoming a Texan and is currently working on her accent. She's a wife, grandmother, and motorcycle chick in the remaining waking hours.

Editorial Reviews

"The Road to Me is an unforgettable story of self-discovery and survival, reconciliation and redemption."

Barbara Claypole White

"In The Road to Me, Laura Drake takes on the complexities of one family'sstruggle to get over a lifetime of mistakes and misunderstandings, expertlyblending the heartbreak of a grandmother's past and a granddaughter'sreluctance to trust her. The Road to Me offers a fresh and entrancing takeon reconciliation and forgiveness, a truly captivating story filled withwit, wisdom and a whole lot of heart."

Donna Everhart