A Long Road There

A Long Road There chronicles the immigrant journey of Magdalena Mok a young woman whose restless yearning and independent spirit guided her from Germany across the Atlantic to America. While Magdalena is the great-grandmother of the author Pickett as a novelist imagines the vibrant details of Moks audacious journey. Accompanying Magdalena are a colorful cast of characters from a rodent stowaway on the SS See Falke to her plucky and determined travel companion Rosa. Whether by ship wagon or on foot readers will appreciate A Long Road There both for its ties to the past and its endearing fictions.Virginia Pickett grew up in Billings Montana and attended Montana State University. After she and her husband graduated from Gonzaga Law School in 1976 they remained in Spokane. This is her first novel.