Religious novels make me uncomfortable, so I decided not to write one.
If you’re reading this description in hopes of forecasting whether you want to read it or not, well, good luck. Predictions don’t always work the way they’re supposed to. In fact, Willow, the woman you are about to meet, applies expert analysis to the fair skies of her childhood and assumes that good weather is in her future. But then a wicked tempest blows in and she commits herself to personal destruction. Go figure.
Do you think God’s just a nasty weatherman? The changing weather patterns are so hard to predict that it sure looks that way on some days. But I say, read ahead anyway and see what happens. Sudden downpours can be surprising—sometimes even beautiful.
Fiction can be fluffy and non-fiction can be phony—so what’s a writer to do? Just between you and me, I’m calling this a counterfeit memoir. That way I can lie the entire time I’m telling you the absolute truth.
| Caroline Ferdinandsen is a curious fusion of wife, mother, writer, and educator. She always asks more questions than she answers and learns more lessons than she teaches. Caroline and her family live in Central California where, unlike this book, the weather forecast is rather predictable. This is her first work of fiction. |
