Overview

With a nod to Patricia Highsmith’s Carol, A Light on Altered Land explores the themes of finding relevance in, and acceptance of, a changing world.

Retirees Ellie Belmont and Kathryn Kepler have suffered life-changing losses. Their chance meeting in a Minneapolis coffee shop sparks a friendship of awakening and renewal. On a cross-country road trip involving a difficult daughter and a run-in with the law, Ellie and Kathryn strive to trust the process—to believe even when things go awry, a higher wisdom may be at work. Their challenges open them to new vistas of love, passion, spirit, and hope.

The novel addresses coming out to your children, introducing a new lover to an ex-lover, PTSD in veterans, medical marijuana, and the impact of trans activism on women who fought for lesbian visibility and women-only space.