The Golden Road

If there is one thing which characterizes The Golden Road: French Wine or Moonshine?, it is fun. If there is one thing that radiates from this novel, it is the joy of a great friendship... Bernice and Grandy are almost complete opposites: one reserved and the other outgoing, one old fashioned and the other hip, resilient and domineering, conventional and unconventional (respectively), while both are caring mothers in their own ways. Instead of becoming cliche, these characters come alive.

Two very opposite characters, Grandy and Bernice, find themselves rooming together in a retirement home. Bernice is in love with a certain game show host and the other is a bit eccentric, to say the least. The two travel to Los Angeles to be on the game show, win a motor home and escape the retirement home in the motor home for a better life. Join them in their travels, as they visit the most unusual landmarks across the U.S. Find out if they can stay one step ahead of their children and, of course, the ex-husband who wants his half of the motor home? A real page turner with a surprise ending.

Dona Bakker began Pastime Publications in 2004 with her memoir of living in the Napa Valley as a child. "Run of the Mill: is in its third printing. In 2007, she cowrote and published "The Golden Road - French Wine or Moonshine?" and in 2008, the sequel, "The Golden Road Detour," with longtime friend Tami Riedeman. Also in 2008, Dona teamed up with Ralph Ingols to create St. Helena High School - Circa 1940-1972 - The Golden Years. Dona lives in the Napa Valley with her husband and they have two grown children. Dona has owned and operated her own secretarial service since 1976. In this capacity she has typed and edited numerous books for various authors. She is also currently assisting others in the writing of their own biographies.