In Franklin's House, At the top of the stairs in an isolated, turn-of-the-last century house set on a Northern California hillside, Kate Andrews steps into a deserted room that exerts a strange appeal. Based largely on her attraction to this room, she decides to buy the Victorian and to move from Iowa with husband Dan, whose affair with a partner's wife has led to dissolution of an independent insurance company.
Drawn repeatedly to the upstairs room, she finds a diary written in 1906, which tells of Franklin Elliott, a poet, who appeared after his death.
Genesis Press, 2006
Notes When Summer Ends examines friendship and questions what is a "best friend". Can one be a "best friend" despite secrets? Betrayals? Over one August weekend four women, gathered to remember their deceased friend Emily, seek answers as they attempt to understand her and as they confront myriad problems in their lives.
...emotions and lessons are felt in Notes When Summer Ends
The Rawsistez Reviews
...a heartwarming story for mature audiences
Romantic Times Book Review
...Lauderdale differentiates her characters well in this complex and captivating novel
Sally P. Tubach, Ph.D., It Isn't a Bus
Oaktree Press
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The Long Wind, a coming of age story, is fueled by its 1950's Iowa setting. Laura, a high school senior, and Rachel, her English teacher, share the same discovery: individuals are bound by self-made prisons and only in breaking free from such restraints do people grow.
Libra Publishers
