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Ten
Times Have the Lilies Blown
San Juan Silver Stage Arts and Entertainment Magazine,
Winter 2002-2003 by Kathryn Retzler
Long
known for her poetry and paintings, Erickson has combined
the lushness of both in this, her first novel. The characters
are richly
drawn, and the reader is quickly drawn to them—an unmistakable
sign that a good story is sure to unfold. The setting is a
fictitious town on the
plains, the main character, Melora, a young woman who, after
spending years caring for her mother and serving as the local
librarian, falls in
love with the wrong man. Charming but unscrupulous, he is
absolutely determined to use her for his own ends. Melora
has inherited a
supposedly worthless oil field. Blake knows it could be worth
millions! Toss in an ensemble of characters including an ailing
mother, a young
boy looking for a mother and his “grandad” who is about Melora’s
own age and the county sheriff. Mix well with an old unsolved
murder and a
pending new one, and Erickson has cooked up a great story.
Mary Erickson’s
poems and paintings have appeared in the Silver Stage over
the last few years. She has won numerous awards, including
first
place in both poetry and creative writing for a competition
sponsored by the American Association of University women
and Mesa State College
Foundation. She lives in Grand Junction, Colo. Erickson’s
book is available through Publish America of Baltimore, www.
publishamerica.com
and at local bookstores, including Readmore Books, Hastings
and Barnes & Nobles in Grand Junction, Colo.
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