Another Time, Another Place

by Mary Verdick

Phoebe Fox is desperately unhappy when she flunks her audition at the School of American Ballet in New York, but agrees to help her great-aunt Weezy drive from Santa Fe to Denver. When they stop at a hot springs resort she meets Cody Moon, a blue-eyed charmer who works there, and they fall deeply in love and share five blissful days. But Cody has a sister, Wynonna, who raised him and has no intention of giving him up. Phoebe realizes it's hopeless, and as they continue on to Denver, Weezy tells her of her own lost love during World War Two with a young soldier named Mickey McGuire, and why she's still haunted by the fact that she never knew what happened to him. Was he killed in action, or caught and tortured by the Nazis? In Denver they meet Franny, Phoebe's older sister, who has left her doctor husband and is living with a cook, with whom she's just had a baby. They also spend time with Weezy's older sister, Jenna, who resents the fact that her once poor-as-a-church-mouse baby sister is now a woman of means, and in the course of time a long-kept family secret is finally revealed. Also a mysterious white rose found on her pillow brings Weezy an unexpected peace, and on the ride home they run into Cody again. A mesmerizing tale of two loves, two generations apart, yet eerily similar in their hopes and intensity.

144 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 3, 2013

About the author

Mary Verdick is an ex-teacher and editor who taught English and other subjects in a middle school for 5 years and worked as an editor at Weekly Reader for over 16 years. The author of many children’s books and several adult novels she was educated at the University of Colorado and Southern Conn. State University and holds Bachelor and Master’s degrees in English. Raised in Colorado she now lives in Middletown, Connecticut near her son and grandchildren and is busy at work on another novel.

Mary Verdick is the author of several adult novels and numerous short stories and books for children. She is an eclectic reader and Amazon Reviewer. She likes everyone from Nicholas Sparks, Danielle Steele, P. D. James, and Pat Conroy to lots of history and biography.


Mary’s books “Indian Time,” “Don’t Let the Good Life Pass You By,” “Maybe This Time”, and "As Long As He Needs Me" are available for order at thousands of bookstores worldwide.


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Reviews

[Dana Micheli · Rating 5 out of 5]

Most of us have faced crushing disappointment at one time or another—a dream unfulfilled or a lover that broke our heart. We mourn the loss, not only of the dream or the lover, but of the plan we had made for our lives. The uncertainty of where to go from there is the hardest part; sometimes, however, it is when we step out of this uncertainty that the really good stuff happens. Mary Verdick reminds us of this in her wonderful novel, Another Time, Another Place.

When Phoebe Fox’s lifelong dream of being a professional dancer goes down the drain, she’s desperate to escape the pain. So desperate, in fact, that when her Great-Aunt Weezy asks Phoebe to join her on a road trip from Santa Fe to Denver, she jumps at the chance. When she boards the plane that will take her from Connecticut to New Mexico, she is expecting a week of dull conversation and early bird specials. She couldn’t be more wrong.

Weezy is a dynamo—brimming with the energy of the young while embracing the wisdom of her seventy years. Yet she too has faced devastating loss as a young woman, when the love of her life disappeared during WWII. As she and Phoebe drive over the dusty roads of the American Southwest, Weezy shares her story with her niece. Phoebe finds she is anything but bored, and she learns that she and her great-aunt have a great deal in common. Along the way, she falls for kind-hearted and gorgeous Cody Moon, and he for her. When circumstances seem to once again be stacked against her, it is Weezy that helps Phoebe through. Will she reunite the young couple as well?

Mary Verdick’s beautiful imagery takes on a journey of the imagination and the heart. Whether you are looking for romance, mystery, or a reason to dream, Another Time, Another Place is the perfect choice.

[Jo-Anne Vandermeulen · Rating 5 out of 5]

A heartwarming story written with intriguing prose!