Charity: The Charity Series, Book 1

by Paulette Callen, Xe Sands (narrator)

The friendship between Lena Kaiser, a sodbuster's daughter, and Gustie Roemer, an educated Easterner, is unlikely in any other circumstance but post-frontier Charity, South Dakota. Gustie is considered an outsider, and Lena is too proud to share her problems (which include a hard-drinking husband) with anyone else.

On the nearby Sioux reservation, Gustie also finds love and family with two Dakotah Dorcas Many Roads, an old medicine woman, and her adopted granddaughter, Jordis, who bears the scars of the white man's education.

When Lena's husband is arrested for murdering his father and the secrets of Gustie's past follow her to Charity, Lena, Gustie, and Jordis stand together. As buried horrors are unearthed and present tragedies unfold, they discover the strength and beauty of love and friendship that blossom like wild flowers in the tough prairie soil.

Contains mature themes.

Audible Audio

Published November 26, 2024

About the author

Paulette Callen grew up on the South Dakota prairie. In the early 70's she moved to New York City and decided to stay because she liked the coffee. After years as a resident of the Upper West Side she has returned to her hometown, living comfortably with her ghosts and her new companion Bodhi, a poodle/Shih Tzu mix.