Bernice Runs Away

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Have you ever dreamed of running away?</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Life hasn't always been easy for Bernice but she is reasonably content at the ripe age of eighty-one. She has raised two children buried both her husband and son and is doing okay despite a few minor health issues. When Bernice's daughter Sarah insists the time has come for Bernice to forfeit her independence and move into her backyard carriage house Bernice refuses.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I have a perfectly good house in Arkansas. Why on earth would I move to Atlanta?</em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Despite Bernice's protestations Sarah moves forward with death cleaning and estate sale planning as though Bernice has no say in the matter.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Bernice has plenty to say about a variety of things.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>With Miss Fiona packed stem to stern with only those things that spark joy (thank you Marie Kondo) and inspired by an old black-and-white photograph of her first true love Bernice leaves her cozy home in Savage Crossing without a glance in the rearview mirror. And without a word to her family.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Once Bernice decides to run away there is no telling what might happen next.</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A charming story of second chances and the transcendent power of love <em>Bernice Runs Away</em> clears away life's clutter and gets to the truth of what is essential in life.</strong></p>