The Dreams of Youth

These six interrelated pieces tell the story of Maggie a vibrant individual who is also Everywoman: daughter dreamer nurse friend wife mother. Spanning over eighty-five years they follow her from her youth in Depression-era Illinois to the time when she ventures forth to 1940s Hollywood and coastal California and her return to the rural Midwest. Bittersweet and poignant celebratory and inspiring these stories portray the exuberance of youth the delight of friendship the adventure of going forth into the world and the disappointment and heartache that are a part of life.