Greetings, and welcome to my web site. Please let me know what you think. Browse through - and don't forget to look at the Monthly Essay page. Every few weeks, you will find a new essay, or a short story, or a memoir. I hope you find the pieces to your taste:

"I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing."
-Frances Quarles 1592-1644

That Ridiculous Blue Sky
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March 28, 2006
ISBN: 0595384269
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Three very different women meet at an elaborate promotional event for "Magdalena, the Mediterranean Matchmaker," hoping their lives will be transformed. Their lives are, indeed, changed dramatically - but not as they could possibly have foreseen!

"The novel combines themes of love, friendship, matchmaking, and justice, within a humorous and suspenseful plot. Situations are created that reveal personal turning points for each of the characters. It's an "easy read" that gives a lot for its genre. It is fun, entertaining, and endearing." -- Editor's review

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Falling in Love Again

ISBN: 075700136X
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“Monica B. Morris, Ph.D. specializes in human relationships. As a university professor, she  developed and taught courses in the Sociology of the Emotions, which includes why - and with whom - we fall in love!

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Last-Chance Children: Growing Up With Older Parents

ISBN: 0231066945
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“Being the child of an older mother may be the most significant fact of my early life."
- Jean, born when her mother was forty-three.