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Catherine Marshall-Smith, SS, Novato, California, (acclaimed author of “American Family”) is back with her second  novel, “The Resilience of Red Thread” This intense, suspenseful story follows a young mother fighting to save herself when her would-be rescuer proves to be as dangerous as the man she escaped. A portion of the proceeds from book sales will be donated to the Center for Domestic Peace in San Rafael, California.

After Emily flees her abusive ex-husband, Lee, with the exterminator she hired to kill hornets in her backyard, she finally feels safe. Jake offers Emily and her daughter a beautiful place to live where Lee will never find them. Unlike Lee, Jake has a steady job, doesn’t drink (she’s never met a man who doesn’t), and doesn’t hit. Isolated in a cabin in the Santa Cruz mountains, Emily distracts herself from the liquor cabinet and from worrying that Lee will track her down by planning a surprise for Jake: a reunion with the sisters he hasn’t seen since foster care. But the deeper she digs into Jake’s past, the more she realizes he’s very different from the man she believed him to be.

Melissa Dawn Goldsmith, BM, Caldwell, Idaho, wrote “Laughing with the Stars & Other Musings.”

In this anthology, you will find poems that will pull at your hair, like the full moon on a sleepless night when creativity takes flight amongst the cosmos. They are chosen for their collaboration of characters, rich adventure, and song. May they help you draw closer to the Great Mystery. Or twinkle a little more when you laugh.

Marcia Ren, CC, Coquille, Oregon, wrote “Summer: Inheritance of the Tides: A Seasons of Eleanor Story.”

In the third installment of “The Seasons of Eleanor,” the journey continues…quietly, thoughtfully, and with a deepening sense of presence.

Eleanor finds herself in a place where the past and present begin to meet. Through memory, reflection, and the unfolding rhythm of everyday life, she begins to understand what it means to carry forward the stories that have shaped her.

As new connections form and old questions resurface, Eleanor is drawn into a deeper awareness of who she is becoming. The tides of her life…once uncertain…begin to reveal a steady and meaningful direction.

Gentle, reflective, and richly atmospheric, “Summer: Inheritance of the Tides” is a story of growth, memory, and the quiet strength found in simply continuing on.

Margaret Young, F, Indianapolis, Indiana, wrote “The Extraordinary Lives of Ordinary Women: Five Generations in Ink.”

This book is situated in the autoethnographic, historical nonfiction genre, uniquely weaving together the narratives of five generations of women’s lives across the Midwest and the Canadian Prairies. It highlights their stories through original diaries and family archives. It offers a distinctive visual and historical exploration that sets it apart from typical historical memoirs, emphasizing the shared cultural corridor and unique female perspectives during pivotal historical moments.

Picture opening a dusty, leather-bound diary in which a young prairie woman in 1891 writes by kerosene lamp about the vast prairie she sees from her homestead. The story continues with a woman entering the world of prospecting and trapping in Canada. Another who joins a military nursing program in a foreign country, determined to help during a time of war, prejudice, and the novelty of electricity. The book also shares stories of a journalist and traveler, cross-border migration, and the importance of family and nature. It traces a direct mtDNA line from mother to daughter, spanning five generations across the American Midwest, Montana, and the Canadian prairie provinces. The book is built from original diaries, letters, scrapbooks, family memories, and archives, and is structured through an autoethnographic approach. It offers a collaborative and intimate look at five generations, highlighting preserved primary voices and connecting them to the media of the time, rather than simply presenting a memoir from a distant past.

Kathleen Spada, AP, Florence, Kentucky, and a former P.E.O. Scholar Award recipient, wrote “WARD: A Memoir of Ghosts, Grandmothers, and Little Girls Who Disappear.”

“WARD: a Memoir of Ghosts, Grandmothers, and Little Girls Who Disappear” is a literary memoir that explores inheritance, secrets, memory, and the haunting legacies carried through women’s lives. After discovering in adulthood that her mother was sold as a child and raised under a false identity, Kathleen Spada begins tracing a hidden family history shaped by abandonment, institutional power, and generational silence. As her mother slips deeper into dementia, Kathleen becomes the keeper of a story that was never meant to survive. Moving between investigation, memory, and haunting, “WARD” examines what it means to inherit histories that refuse to stay buried.

Lee Ann B. Ramsey, BQ, Decatur, Georgia, wrote “The Little Hedgehog on Violet Street,” a novel.