River of Time

About the Book

This is a story about a young woman who is a game warden in the rural hills of western Massachusetts, where generations of her family have lived before her. She finds herself, through a freak accident, transported back in time a hundred years to the same area. She is found, injured, by the local doctor, with whom a friendship quickly develops. She realizes that it will be impossible for her to continue in the profession of wildlife law enforcement and must now learn to live in a different time, where there are different rules pertaining to women. As she struggles to adjust to a life where all that she loved and knew has been lost to her, she is fascinated by the people around her and the lives that they are living. She wrestles with the difficult choice of whether or not to reveal what she knows about future events, particularly after meeting her own great-grandparents. As the days go by, she develops friendships and starts to put down her own roots, learning to accept what has been lost to her and embracing her new life, until the day comes when she is faced with the choice of staying or leaving forever.

About the Author

I was born in the hills of western Massachusetts, and still live and work here. I was inspired to write this story after reading the diaries of my great, great grandmother and great grandfather. Reading about their lives on a farm that had been in the family for generations, and was later taken over as watershed property, made me think about how they must have felt. I found that I was putting myself in their place, imagining their lives and emotions during that era. As a police officer, I am independent, and used to handling things on my own. I found the contrast between women of this era and the majority of women from the early part of the last century to be very intriguing.