Unburying Hope

In the broken Detroit economy that echoes her own loneliness, a young woman falls in love with a wounded Iraq War veteran fighting his hidden addictions. When she finds the courage to follow her dreams to Hawaii, the possibility of healing comes with the arrival of the vet’s recently discovered daughter.

Detroit has been in a economic death spiral for decades, overlooked and abandoned. Celeste loves her home city and is fiercely faithful to it. But with her job in jeopardy, neighborhoods abandoned around her and the rise of drug related crimes, she finally contemplates moving. She falls in love with a wounded Iraq War veteran fighting his hidden addictions. When she finds the courage to follow her dreams to Hawaii, the possibility of healing comes with the arrival of the vet’s recently discovered daughter.

Mary lives in Marin County, California. She's an early adopter and has blogged and written articles on tech innovation, social justice and contemporary issues to an international audience. She has now turned to fiction. A member of Squaw Valley Community of Writers, she has written three novels and is working on a reincarnation series.