Beyond the Garden God's Houseplants

Mystery and inescapable connections echo through generations. By the time she was middle-aged, Cindy was resigned to being terminally lost. After searching everywhere, she accepted her life lacked a belonging or welcoming place to call home. She feels as a forgotten child left at the doorstep of the wrong planet. Despite taking refuge in her successful career, her aspirations were empty. She long ago accepted the promising stories of Prince Charming and happily ever after were myths to provide hope to orphans like herself.

Until one evening. Cindy's regimented reality clashes with fantasy when she is visited by an image who has saved her abandoned dreams of decades. Cindy's current convinction in science is further tested when a healthcare prodigy introduces her to those surviving on the edge of hope. Together, they venture to mend the broken lives of the homeless and stranded. Along the way, they discover personal connections that span decades.

Beyond the Garden - God's Houseplants is an engaging journey of coming to terms with the fantasy of reality. It is a sequel to Sophie's Wildflowers, also available from Amazon. Part fairytale and murder mystery in the small town of DeLand, Florida as 1950's ideals collide with the mayhem of war, women's liberation, and growing unrest. Secrets and insanity match wits with a young girl and future Mother of Cindy Peterson, Sophie Sherman. Sophie's diary is unexpectedly discovered decades after her untimely death. It reveals a masterful decpetion beneath a roof of wealth in a time-crossed story. Many historical events are actual.

homeless and overlooked

within society.