Affairs of State

<i>Affairs of State</i> tells the story of a young woman who at 19 years of age goes to work for her state's senate and falls in love. The experience begins an unexpected romantic journey as a mistress that lasts for 25 years.</p><p>The story's setting is a state capitol in the south where the naive young woman meets many people involved in government and politics. She learns about how laws are made about state politics and the unforeseen thrills and disappointments of love. The legislature of the 1960s was different from today's legislature and yet in many ways the same.</p><p>This is the epic of one young woman's journey into an unplanned and unanticipated but interesting life around a legislature.</p>