Up The Garden Path

Sally Howell's life has sputtered to a standstill. Her boyfriend is a jerk, and her mother is overbearing, despite the hundreds of miles Sally has put between them. Sally even stifles a yawn when she thinks about the dull and boring routine her life has listlessly slipped into over the past several years.
Ignoring threats from her boyfriend, criticism from her mother, and her own overwhelming feelings of doubt, Sally uncharacteristically throws reason to the wind. She packs several suitcases, closes her apartment, and heads to Weldon, North Carolina, to find the missing piece in the puzzle of her family tree.
Of course, the trail of her paternal grandfather, her family’s proverbial closet skeleton, has been cold for two generations. But Sally stoically endures a slightly crazy land lady and a host of characters from the small town who help and hinder her search. She even unearths a little romance at the end of a row of wilting corn in her land lady’s garden.
Wrapped around the story of Sally’s search is the 1926 tale of Elizabeth Roseman, a hopeless romantic. The endless drudgery of cleaning, cooking, and chores on her family’s farm are a far cry from the life of travel and excitement she craves. So Elizabeth seeks adventure in the arms of a delectable migrant farm worker. Her story provides the information that Sally seeks, if she is clever enough to read between the lines.