Roberta Hickson is struggling to keep her deteriorating ranch alive but the landscape around her is in even bigger trouble. When she agrees to house three ex convicts on her property she is faced with a past she's been avoiding and the dangers of the surrounding areas approaching nearer.

The following contains two novel excerpts and two short stories completed during the years of 2011 to 2013. Rain in Paluma consists of a fictitious community based upon island life in Australia. Stroke deals with the relationship of father and son, both facing the consequences of Alzheimers disease. The Desert Keeper centers upon a young girl who stumbles across a mythological figure in the guise of a hobbled woman. The Reedlands touches on the randomness and oddity of anonymous sexual encounters, while bringing together elements of Egyptian funerary ceremony.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Bryn Mawr College, 1910. / Vita. "Bibliography": p. [v]-vii.

Thesis--PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (MA--Applied Language Studies) -- Auckland University of Technology, 2005. / Also held in print (114 leaves, 30 cm.) in Wellesley Theses Collection (T 808.042 TUR)

Thesis (M.A.)--Florida State University, 2005. / Advisor: Dr. James Kimbrell, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of English. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed June 8, 2005). Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 50 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Bryn Mawr College, 1910. / Vita. "Bibliography": p. [v]-vii.

Thesis--PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1965. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Bibliography: l. 83-88.

Issued also as Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University. / Bibliography: p. 53-58.