Mary Haskett / Author

From an early age, books were some of my best friends.  Marriage to a dairy farmer, the raising of a son and three daughters, involvement in home and school and many other community activities, then work at a senior day program and the death of my husband of thirty-nine years,  seemed like a detour to the dream of becoming a writer.  In truth, they were a learning path along which many rich experiences provided research and background for the books that eventually came into being.

Not Easily Broken, the first of my novels is based on the story of the mother of one of those seniors.  The sequel, Not Far from the Tree is the story of her daughter.  People of all ages, 13-95, have enjoyed reading about Ellie then Rina, laughing and crying in turns and learning something about life on the journey. .