The Farm at Sam & Jenny's

Twenty-three years after David Cassel's birth, his older brother Will is a successful pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, but Will's marriage is suffering. Eldest Cassel sibling Chelsea longs to return to Oregon to care for their ailing mother; Jenny's hip is the problem, but it is more than suspected arthritis?In the fourth novel of this series, the action has moved to the 2000s, a passel of Smith and Cassels born in the interim. Sam and Jenny's nephew Mitch is stationed in Iraq, but their other nephew Tanner is slipping deeper into drug addiction. Jenny fights Sam's insistence she try pot to soothe her aches as the couple's children return home; something is very wrong with Jenny.The Iraq War weaves throughout the narrative, set in Oregon and San Francisco. Robert Tucker is dying from AIDS, but is Jenny's ailment that serious? As Chelsea battles her feelings for Arkendale's sheriff, Sam agonizes over his wife, who after so many years is again in harm's way. A California native, I lived in Britain for eleven years, moving back to The Golden State in the spring of 2007. I'm leaving these stories for my grandchildren, nieces, and nephews. In the meantime, please enjoy the tall tales. And thank you for reading an independent author. Jenny Cope's arrival in Oregon's Willamette Valley touches all she meets. She most affects two men, one mentally challenged, the other emotionally strangled. Jenny falls in love with Alvin Harris, whose childhood tumble leaves him with few worries. Sam Cassel's wounded heart pounds with unrequited love for Jenny, but his lifelong friendship with Alvin precludes Sam's advances.