Penelope and the Heirs
Penelope and Lou are trying to exact revenge and protect theirfamily at the same time. Penelope is surprised at her wish forrevenge for injuries inflicted over fifty years ago. Lou has tochange his ways so as to keep his restored family intact whileexacting the revenge for those same old wrongs. More familysecrets are exposed. Lou and Penelope struggle to protectthose who need to be protected, and also, by their actions, topreserve family unity. Family dynamics are altered by pokergames, family meals, family picnics and mere conversations.A story of love long delayed, of sparkling new loves, of theyoung making their own way, and of the old trying valiantlyto be brave and wise and even sometimes succeeding.
Late Bronze Age Stories
"I could see that the editing was impeccable, closely attuned to the poetry of the sentences."
- Fred Shafer, Lecturer in the School of
Continuing Studies at Northwestern
Thutmose is a historical figure about whom nothing is known except his art works (the Nefertiti bust) and his name. He and his mate Hasna and their histories are the creation myths for their descendants.
The series explores the roles and problems of being an artist and because many of the artists are female, of gender.
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As well, it explores the stories and strategies of the warriors and traders who protect and hold the kin together in a time of great change and destruction. Seeking safety, they must wander throughout the ancient world, to Minos, to Ugarit (Syria) and then along the trade routes in what is now Iraq and was then Mesopotamia. Always the kin are attracted to the Egypt of Thutmose which was their first home.
Book Club Chronicles
Parts 1 - 9
Set in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, this contemporary series explores the friendships and lives of a group of ladies who meet to study books.
Parts 1 and 2 are framed with the study of The Tale of Genji which was written by a woman in Heian Japan (circa 1200). In Part 3 they study Romeo and Juliet. Then in Parts 4 and 5 they take on Macbeth and Hamlet. In Part 6 it's The Tempest.
The friends of the core group have known each other in many stages of their lives - small children, baseball games, teenage years, dying husbands, romances that either work or don't, retirement from professions or jobs.
They learn from the books they study, learn from each other, take care of each other in hard times, and try to stay mentally alive and sane in an unpredictable world.