Pamela H. Bender Bücher

The Dennison saga begins in a previous generation of strong women when Varena, daughter of a German immigrant family, learns life and death lessons at a tender age. Ripped from the comfort and stability of her Little Germany neighborhood, reticent Varena must find ways to make friends with strangers who don't speak her language. The charming coping methods she develops help her throughout life - including the orchestration of her own courtship! When Protestant Varena marries a Catholic, it's anyone's guess how her tight-knit German family will react. Will the birth of their child, Ron Dennison, bring about peace and unity, or will religion divide them further? Join Ron and his father, Harold, in their petticoat-governed household as this beautiful family tale unfolds.

Willow and Tracy were born to different families but raised like sisters by a Lenape Indian they both called Grandma. The forest was their playground and sanctuary, but the outside world contained poverty, cruelty, bullying, and heartbreak for Tracy. Once she graduated from high school, she let herself fall in love with the first man who showed up-Roland, a liar and manipulator.Willow had been trained not to pry into Tracy's life, so she hid her concern. But when a lifestyle change for Willow brings the "sisters" close together, they team up to plot an escape.Join these two women as they put together the pieces of their past, remember all the mantras Grandma taught them, perform at music festivals, become YouTube sensations, and solve the mystery inheritance from Grandma that would enhance the lives of thousands.