Philly Girl Goes West

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Maggie Riley, a High School Science teacher in intercity Philadelphia, is sick and tired of trying to impart knowledge to reluctant learners. Divorced with two grown sons living in distant cities she decides to take a sabbatical from her job and go on a road trip west. Destination Yellowstone National Park a place she has wanted to visit since childhood. Fate however will intervene and she will find herself in a remote small town in Wyoming. A place where the town and people are a far contrast from the big city she is accustomed to. She will experience culture shock and cognitive dissonance over the difference between big city and small town living, and question her values and way of life. She finds romance with the towns animal doctor, Dr. Sam, and will come to accept and love the compelling beauty with the place and it's people.