検索キーワード： 著者 "Glenda Clemens" すべてのカテゴリー

Auntie Beulah, Teah’s surrogate mother, is tending Teah's home in McAlester, Oklahoma with loving care. Teah's career is moving forward. Her beautiful home in Albuquerque, New Mexico is a dream home. Everything in Teah's life seemed to be falling in place. She dreamed of her brother Callum, then met him in real life at a Core Shamanism retreat in Austin, Texas. She also met Chloe Kitson, the facilitator of the event. Chloe, a Shaman from Wexford, Ireland, was in America to make a life for herself.

The Arbuckle Mountain pass in southern Oklahoma is treacherous any time of the year, but a winter ice storm turns the scenic highway into a death trap for Evelyn Maloney, Teah’s mother. Letters from her mother speak of shamanism and reveal the true meaning of her name. Teah’s confusion mounts as she stands in her mother’s private attic sanctuary. And the 28 blue bound journals where the unknown past of her mother’s life is yet to be revealed only feed her growing inner tension.

Dying isn't the easiest thing to do in life. As Belle says, "These are my lumps." Yet in death as in life, love becomes the driving force of everything Belle holds dear. When Belle discovers the mystic world of Core Shamanism she discovers ways of being in any reality whether here on Earth or beyond. Through her learning with Rachel, a Cherokee Shaman, Belle is able to meet her dying with grace, beauty, and a regal bearing known only among Goddesses.

LaDean Cox wanted to live, marry Bailey Hardcastle and raise her three children with him. Love beckoned her but her guilt and sorrow were too heavy. She chose instead to sacrifice her life to give her children a better future. Her three children, Tommy, Bradley and Hazel were living with Jake and Gloriana Pennington-Casey. When LaDean signed away her parental rights making them the guardians of her children, she knew she could leave the burden of her life behind without any guilt.

Dakota had to grow up fast! Her mother and grandmother both died within a few weeks of each other, in Commerce, Texas. She was left, at the age of 19, to settle all the legal, personal, and financial matters for the two women who had shaped her life. When she completed getting the estate settled, she had 200 dollars, no home, no car, and no one to call family. While going through her mother's papers, she found her biological father's name and address in McAlester, Oklahoma.

What does it take to become the woman you always wanted to be? That is the question Ginny Shaw is asking herself. Ginny had lived a selfish life and created a loveless relationship with her son, Edgar. The life she has lived is not the life she had planned on. She is appalled at how she raised her son and all that she gave up to be wealthy and have high social status. She lived a life of privilege that left her longing for something more. Now she is alone, divorced and has nowhere to turn other than to her daughter-in-law, Gloriana. Will Gloriana help her or turn her away?

Gloriana wanted to write and travel. She wanted to be bold and brave. She wanted love, children, and dogs. She is miserable in her four-year marriage and daydreams about divorce and running away from all her problems. Then she has the worst day of her life. Her marriage is a shambles and she is suddenly a widow. Now, Glory must pick up the pieces of her life and create a new way of living. When she meets a cowboy, her life begins to take unexpected turns. Can a woman living in the Pacific Northwest create a life of happiness with a cowboy from Oklahoma?

In the quaint nursery of Minerva's Magical house, an antique rocking chair holds more than sentimental value—it guards a peculiar secret. When Minerva's adopted daughter, Lark Birdsong, expects her first child, the house seems thrilled, except for a stubborn, enigmatic pillow firmly wedged into the chair's seat. What begins as a seemingly trivial conundrum spirals into a tale of inexplicable occurrences.

In late November 1899, in Tishomingo, Indian Territory, 17-year-old Eva Baker is caught between two worlds: the future she's always dreamed of and the family obligations threaten to shape her destiny—a destiny she never wanted. Eva has spent her life in Tishomingo, helping with the family and their small farm. She has graduated from Bloomfield Academy with high honors. Now, she wants to learn the art of midwifery under the tutelage of Aurora Harrison, a local and admired midwife.

In the heart of Tishomingo, Indian Territory-now the vibrant state of Oklahoma-resides a story that weaves the fabric of truth and fiction, a tapestry anchored by a young Chickasaw woman named Aurora Harrison. Her odyssey, as she rises with the sun each day, unfolds against the canvas of foundational events: the Trail of Tears, life in Indian Territory, paving the way for the birth of Oklahoma. Raised on the beloved tales of her native Chickasaw Nation and her loving parents, Aurora's innocence gradually wanes, exposing a harsher reality where history unveils its unvarnished truths.