The Long Growing Season

About the Book

Toward the close of World War I, Frederich Stroh leaves the Kaiser’s army and returns home with a wife and baby. But because of her somewhat dubious past, he soon realizes that Edda will never be accepted by either his family or his hometown. He finally concludes that, like so many others before them and so many others after them, they must immigrate to America. They must begin a new life where no one knows their past. Board the ship with them now. Share their trials, tribulations, and triumphs as they struggle to make a new life in a new land. And if you think that you have read stories like this before, be assured that you have not.

About the Author

The daughter of a German immigrant father and a mother of French heritage, Helen McGawley was born, raised, and educated in the Gentilly area of New Orleans. After teaching in Orleans Parish Public Schools for only a year, she married her college sweetheart. Helen and her husband spent the next five years in Kentucky while he worked on his doctorate degree. The couple then returned to Louisiana and settled in Baton Rouge where they have lived happily for over thirty years. Although never before published, Helen has been writing for most of her life and plans to put more of her work in print. She is currently hard at work on her second novel.