The Trolley to Renwick Park is a wonderful coming of age novel about a young woman at the turn of the twentieth century in Upstate New York.  The heart of the story is the adventurous heroine, Lucy, who faces the strictures of being a young woman in a patriarchal society with bravery and enormous creativity. The dilemmas she faces – whether to seek her own truth and destiny and sacrifice her relationships with family and society – are ones women continue to face, and Lucy’s choices, especially finding allies in older women and African American friends, will be inspiring to many readers.

Nancy Postero - San Diego, California

Thanks for the fantastic trolley ride to Renwick Park. In your usual writing style, your description of Ithaca at the turn of the 20th century took me there and back again. I wonder if the Wharton Bros. need another extra?

Neil Goldstein - Rancho Bernardo, California

“Words in a book are like stepping stones, carrying us to another shore.” I loved arriving at that other shore after reading your book! I learned so much new information, made so many personal connections with the story, and made predictions (and was joyous that many of them took another unexpected twist and turn). As I put down the manuscript after reading the last page, I thought kawdigoo. It’s from the Tlingit native culture in Alaska and means when life gets tangled, you follow the river until the chaos falls away, until the water settles and clears. Lucy followed her passion despite the hurdles, tensions, and entanglements she encountered. She kept following the river until the water settled, and everything was made clear.

Karen Harcharik - Seattle, Washington