MY NEW NOVEL IS...

 

COMING JUNE 17, 2024

 

SONG    FOR    SUSIE    EPP

 

It’s 1970. Bashful Susie, a pill addict’s daughter, sets out to build a better life for herself. Fellow Mennonite Simon loves Susie’s courage—and her. But marrying him comes with a pushy, sanctimonious mother-in-law, Adeline. She manipulates Susie and Simon into leaving their beloved British Columbia grassland and moving to her Saskatchewan farming community. There, a shocking secret plunges Simon into depression and drinking. As Susie struggles to find a way forward, she gains a new resilience, empathy, and understanding of faith and freedom.

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Song for Susie Epp, published by Farland Press, is 264 pages long. ISBN 978-0-921718-07-9 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-921718-08-6 (e-book). Prices: paperback $22.99, e-book $5.99. Song for Susie Epp is available from Amazon and a number of other online sellers. For a partial list, please visit

https://books2read.com/songsusie

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Song for Susie Epp was inspired by asking myself "what if" questions. What if a girl as naïve and insecure as I was at age 20 rushed into a marriage she wasn't prepared for? What if she and her her mother-in-law didn't get along? What if her husband, etc., etc. 

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Song for Susie Epp takes place in two main places. One is Sage City based on Kamloops, British Columbia, where I live now. The other is the village of Dayspring. It's based on Elbow, Saskatchewan, halfway between Saskatoon and Regina. I grew up near Elbow and enjoy keeping in touch with the area and its people. 

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