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Somewhere Different Now

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About the Novel

The consequences of racism in the 1950s threaten to destroy a hard-won inter-racial friendship between two energetic, quick-witted teens, who struggle to come to grips with their differences.

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About the Author

Donna’s creative writing journey began late in life, but has somehow miraculously produced her first novel, Somewhere Different Now. Donna is the mother of three grown children, all girls. A life-long learner and spiritual seeker, she enjoys meditation, deep conversations, various outdoor activities, drumming, and playing the Native American-style flute.

She was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming and spent many magnificent summers with her grandparents at a remote one-room cabin in the Medicine Bow National Forest. She lived the remainder of the year with her family in the Denver area.

She received a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from the University of Colorado. In the 1960s, career paths considered suitable for women were few, and eventually, she realized how temperamentally unsuited she was to her chosen profession. She became an entrepreneur and owned a small business for many years. In 1983, she entered law school and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1986 with a law degree, a state bar card and a job. During the course of her career, she did a great deal of both legal and technical writing, none of which, it turned out, was of much help in writing a novel.

Now retired, she lives with her dog, Toby, in the beautiful Sierra foothills of northern California. She is a certified end-of-life doula and volunteers in that capacity in her community and elsewhere.

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