Mark Anders isn’t chasing lost love—he’s chasing lost memories. At 65, facing a first-stage pancreatic cancer diagnosis, he sets out to rediscover the woman who taught him to play guitar during his freshman year in 1975. He remembers her laughter and the way she felt like a kindred spirit—but her identity and appearance are a mystery he can no longer ignore. Why can he remember everything else about that time but not her?
He calls her Heidi, though he knows that isn’t her real name. She was one of the guys—drinking beer at fraternity rush parties, smoking the occasional Dutchmaster cigar, and hanging out in the student lounge with a battered acoustic guitar.
Mark and his family enlisted the help of Sylvia Fox, a flamboyant private investigator with a knack for finding the lost. As they follow the breadcrumbs of his past, Mark reconnects with old friends, uncovers secrets buried in yearbook photos, and discovers that sometimes, the past holds more than just memories—it holds the power to change the present.
A semi-autobiographical, fictional,and nostalgic journey through the music, friendships, and unforgettable moments of mid-1970s college life, Finding Heidi is a heartfelt tale about memory, connection, and the people who shape our lives—even when we don’t remember their names.
The Wokescape Letters: Drama Politicum
Sophia Merritt believed she was changing the world. Fresh out of Harvard and working for a rising progressive star in Congress, she was ready to fight for justice, equity, and the grand ideals she had been taught. But the deeper she delves into Washington’s corridors of power, the more she realizes that the movement she devoted her life to is nothing more than a sham—a slick marketing campaign designed to keep the elites in control while using activists as disposable pawns.
When legendary Democratic strategist Malcolm Sinclair takes her under his wing, Sophia expects wisdom from a master of the game. Instead, she receives a brutal education in deception, media control, and ideological puppetry. Through a series of scathing email exchanges, Malcolm peels back the curtain, revealing how narratives are scripted, protests are staged, and politicians—on both sides—are mere actors in a show designed to pacify the masses.
At first, Sophia resists, clinging to the idealism that brought her to D.C. But when she witnesses the machine destroy one of its own—including Malcolm himself—she can no longer deny the truth. The system isn’t broken. It’s rigged by design.
Now, with the same ruthless brilliance Malcolm once used to build the machine, she’s going to burn it down.
A darkly satirical and deeply incisive political thriller, The Wokescape Letters exposes the corruption, narcissism, and intellectual rot that fuel modern politics—and the dangerous idealists who become its most powerful pawns.
For fans of political intrigue, razor-sharp wit, and the thrill of watching an insider turn against the system.
Minnesota, 1925. One radio song, one missing soldier, and three dollars short of a train ticket—welcome to Clara Johansen’s roaring-prairie revolution.
Nineteen-year-old CJ pours “giggle water” for prohibition-bucking farmers by night and pens secret advice columns by dawn, all while dreaming of Minneapolis newsrooms and jazz-club freedom. When a crackling trumpet solo spills from the tavern’s brand-new Marconi set, CJ teams up with war-scarred mechanic Eli Carlson for a madcap road trip toward the city—and straight into speakeasy singers, trench ghosts, and newsroom glass ceilings. But the discovery of an amnesiac doughboy who may be her long-lost schoolmate yanks CJ into the biggest story of her life.
From wheat-field sunsets to carbon-microphone spotlights, Prarie Postcards is a sparkling tale of flapper-era grit, girl-powered journalism, and the dizzy art of chasing every horizon without losing the one that raised you. Perfect for fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and The Paris Library—with a dash of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel swagger—CJ’s story will have you shouting “Skål!” and flipping to page one all over again.