Real life is often more fascinating than fiction. This book of essays presents life growing up in small Midwestern towns from the early 1950s to mid-1960s. People from my small towns had distinct characteristics....

Emma dreams of becoming a teacher. She would be the first in her family to finish high school and would need a college degree to receive her teaching certificate. How can she possibly pay her own way?Emma...

Imagine how you would feel if you woke up one day and learned that your best friend was the most prolific serial killer in America and most of his victims looked like you. That was the start of a forty-year...