Kirjahaku

The world changed in the late 1960's as the Baby Boomers came of age. Many of them thought they would lead the charge to a better way of living with new standards and new ideas. In a love story told by two couples about each other the couples try to come to grips with their mortality, the generation's unfulfilled dreams and the promises that still exist. Most of all, they learn that nothing happens that is worthwhile except for the eagles.

Just when Lindsey Miller has overcome the shattered dreams of her past, the man who shattered those dreams shows up again. Just when Lindsey's sister has erased the sordid life she used to lead, a young man with high ideals asks her to become part of his life. Forgetting and moving on requires all of them to learn how to forgive family, friends, each other, and themselves before they can be happy. Forgiveness must be offered and accepted, but once it is, it consumes everything in its path and lets new life begin again. Under the Burr Oak Tree is a story of forgiveness, the grace that allows it, and the love that can grow out of it. Full of the hope and strength of a young woman who dares to dream of a better life, and laced with the humor she uses as both a sword and a shield to rescue her sister, her mother, and ultimately herself, the story argues that good guys still exist, and they don't always finish last.

With a blizzard making all roads impassable, all Sharon Winston wants is for her brother to be safe. Sharing a prayer with a simple truck driver and a group of his friends at a truck stop, she gets an answer that is much more than she asks for. It involves her brother, the woman who finds him, dozens of local residents, the truck driver and Sharon herself. However, God's answer to that simple prayer reveals mysteries of the past mingled with miracles of the present and future in an hundred year old love song written just for her. All she has to do is listen to it play in her heart forever. Sharon's Song is just that; it's a love song with many contrasting verses and themes. The obvious is mysterious; mystery is obvious; beauty masks pain; pain exposes beauty; old creates new; new revisits old; and both live forever in a song that becomes human again even though its humanity was murdered a long time ago.