“This is a wonderful story that is both heartbreaking and uplifting in equal measure. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Highly recommended.” —Readers’ Favorite.
Spindrift Love
The Cicadas are back.
The ones that sing like they’ve been waiting in the darkness for seventeen long years to use their voices—because they have.
Jesse’s only fifteen, but she understands how they feel. She’s been trapped by the lonely plains of Bourbon County and the darkness of her parents’ strict ideals her whole life. Now Jesse craves something different—sand under her toes, to swim in the ocean. And her parents are hiding a secret. What happened the last time the cicadas sang?
This tender coming-of-age story distills truths about family and love, in all its forms, as Jesse discovers who she wants to be, and translates her love into boldness and understanding.
“With its atmosphere, characters, and concepts of self-discovery and self-love, this book feels like one to keep on your bookshelf long into adulthood.” —Independent Book Review
“Libraries looking for coming-of-age sagas rooted in changing family relationships and life experiences will find Spindrift Love is suitable not just for leisure reading, but young adult book discussion groups interested in transformative and inclusive experiences that ultimately embrace love and connection.”—D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
Readings & workshops
Available at these independent book shops
MacDonald Book Shop
www.macdonaldbookshop.com
Estes Park, CO
Old Firehouse Books
www.oldfirehousebooks.com
Fort Collins, CO
Barbed Wire Books
www.barbedwirebooks.org
Longmont, CO
roundtable Bookstore
www.roundtablebookstore.com
Topeka, KS
Moxie mercantile
www.moxiebreadco.com
Lyons, CO
Patchouli Joe’s Books & Indulgences
www.patchoulijoesbooks.com
Denton, TX
The Tattered Cover
www.tatteredcover.com
Denver, CO