North from Disappointment

Book/Manuscript · Historical · 201 pages
In 1905, a thirty-two year old woman with three children seizes opportunity through transfer to North Head Lighthouse where Mabel Bretherton learns the difficulties of being a working woman in a man’s world.
Written by Michael Kramer

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Lacey, Washington
THE MAD QUEEN AND LAVENDER FARM came as a title before the story arrived. Touring a lavender farm near Sequim, Washington, our guide warned us to steer clear of a bee hive because "it has a mad queen." I talked to our beekeeper friend Jo about that, and she taught me just what that meant. The characters and narrative followed.