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Lessons From Maine
By Arlene Rains Graber
New England was a favorite travel destination for this author until a wrong turn provided a setting for annual retreats to find solitude, balance, and study toward the wonders of writing fiction. Travel with the author on her journey while enjoying the wonders of Maine.
The book details the author’s annual retreats to Maine, and a journey toward expanding a journalism career to include writing for the fiction market. Writer friends refer to the book as a memoir since so much of her soul is shared; however, it only covers a very short time in her life, so she calls it simply -Lessons from Maine.
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Sarah’s Choice: with a little help from Tuscany
A Novel by Arlene Rains Graber
Sarah Stafford, of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, is a famed artist whose paintings hang in galleries as well as prestigious homes throughout the country. Her days are spent painting—at the beach or home studio. Although she rarely contributes to household duties, or taking care of her teen-age sons, she has a good marriage, since her husband, Clay, willingly takes complete charge of their home as well as running his own business. From appearances, Sarah and her family lead a storybook life, yet trouble is brewing deep within Sarah’s conscience.
A brief affair has left her guilt ridden. Sarah’s able to handle it until, Raoul, the man responsible, re-enters the picture in a most bizarre manner and disrupts life as she knows it. Faced with the possibility she might lose everything if the truth were known, Sarah ignores the inevitable for as long as she can until events force her to make a crucial choice. Will she choose truth or deceit?
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The Cape Elizabeth Ocean Avenue Society
The Cape Elizabeth Ocean Avenue Society
A Novel by Arlene Rains Graber
The women in A Plane Tree in Provence are home from France and ready to make changes in their lives. This volume centers on Penny Wilson, owner of the Designers Pen needlework shop in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Penny lives in a large rambling home with her husband, Michael, and two sons. Life is good until Penny accidentally spots Michael with another woman. An affair? Or a harmless encounter?
Unraveling an explanation is not easy, but Penny has her friends in The Cape Elizabeth Ocean Avenue Society to lean on. While she wants her marriage to succeed, will she ever be able to forgive Michael if he is indeed having an affair? The group’s lives are intertwined with challenges. Wendy is cut from her acting job at Summer Theatre, Sarah’s decision to get back in the swing of taking care of her home and cooking goes south, Vernie is under an enormous amount of stress at the Portland Symphony, and Rose develops a fondness for the carpenter who is renovating her home.
As the weeks go by, Penny is also plagued by medical issues, which she decides are a result of her emotional state. But are they? Perhaps it is something entirely different.
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A Plane Tree in Provence
A Plane Tree in Provence
A Novel by Arlene Rains Graber
Take five women traveling to Provence, France, who are desperate to make changes in their individual lives, and combine that with adventure, a gastronomical exercise in food and wine, and mix with squabbles and mischief. In the end, each woman returns to their hometown of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, ready to make the necessary changes in their lives.
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Angel on My Shoulder
Angel on My Shoulder
A Novel by Arlene Rains Graber
Pringle Taylor is thirty, single, tall, lean, smart, and involved in a two-year relationship with Hunter Wilson. Her third floor walk-up in Park Slope is decorated just the way she likes it, and she is rewarded every day teaching at-risk children. Crisis hits when the head master at her school suddenly closes due to economics, and Hunter unexpectedly proposes. What to do. While she is fond of Hunter, theirs is more of an uncomplicated romance without excitement. And, while she loves teaching, there are no other Alternative Schools in the area. Does she settle for a predictable married life with Hunter? Does she settle by taking a job she doesn’t want?
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Devoted to Traveling
Devoted to Traveling
Devotionals by Arlene Rains Graber
Devoted to Traveling is a chronicle of the first-hand experiences of a woman whose adventures are written with lessons learned.
Adventures, from the healing of San Francisco to a spiritual renewal in an ancient cathedral, allow readers to experience the highs and lows of traveling. As a travel professional since 1983, Graber also gives first-hand accounts of how to pack, security issues, and what happens at the airport when “canceled” blazes over the departure screen. As a travel professional since 1983, Graber also gives first-hand accounts of how to pack, security issues, and what happens at the airport when “canceled” blazes over the departure screen.
