Trees

Trees That Listen
by Floreta Drue

Spenchan Press, $13., 236pp.
ISBN: 0966036212

What are the options for an orphan like Brenda, growing up in Virginia in the late 1950s and 1960s? She must move to another place or settle for mediocrity. Moving to Chicago she will face hell! Not only will she have to cope with joblessness, near rape, a child with disability, but she must also face a ruined marriage. Another woman might crumble. But not Brenda.

With a fighting spirit she throws herself into her career and raising her son, leaving no room for intimacy. But then comes Nevil, who is not about to be intimidated. Slowly, he breaks down her defenses, bringing new spark into her life. He loves her with such passion that her repressed sexual drive explodes like a raging fire - creating a new woman of greater courage you'll never imagine.