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the okies daughters
“Taut and terse with a lot going on under the surface, just like the Okies' daughters.”
Andy Wilkinson
“A captivating read! McCall follows the lives of five daughters born in California, the second generation after their families’ migration from the Dust Bowl. With an exceptional eye for detail, McCall’s unique style is delightfully descriptive, often utilizing a pleasing vernacular of a time gone by. Refreshingly woven throughout is McCall’s common sense laced with basic rural values as her friends assimilate to the fast-paced life of The Promised Land.”
John Dofflemyer
Virginia is invited via social media to her 45th high school reunion back in her hometown in Northern California. After seeing the old photos of childhood friends Gail, Suzy, Peggy, Lori, and Donna, she decides to go back, to reconnect with her hometown and face some painful memories.
Five girls face many trials, even death, but eventually, come to realize the culture and values taught to them by their Okie upbringing have made a bond that will never be broken. Despite decades, distances and circumstances they remain true to each other. This is the story of the California Okies’ continuing legacy.
Andy Wilkinson
“A captivating read! McCall follows the lives of five daughters born in California, the second generation after their families’ migration from the Dust Bowl. With an exceptional eye for detail, McCall’s unique style is delightfully descriptive, often utilizing a pleasing vernacular of a time gone by. Refreshingly woven throughout is McCall’s common sense laced with basic rural values as her friends assimilate to the fast-paced life of The Promised Land.”
John Dofflemyer
Virginia is invited via social media to her 45th high school reunion back in her hometown in Northern California. After seeing the old photos of childhood friends Gail, Suzy, Peggy, Lori, and Donna, she decides to go back, to reconnect with her hometown and face some painful memories.
Five girls face many trials, even death, but eventually, come to realize the culture and values taught to them by their Okie upbringing have made a bond that will never be broken. Despite decades, distances and circumstances they remain true to each other. This is the story of the California Okies’ continuing legacy.
172 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 1, 2021
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About the author
Deanna Dickinson McCall
12 books4 followersDeanna Dickinson McCall currently ranches in the mountains of New Mexico with her husband, Dave. She is from a long line of ranchers, people who revere the land and livestock, and love their livelihood. Deanna and her husband spent 22 years raising their 3 children on a remote Nevada ranch without electricity or phones. Besides ranching in several states, she’s ridden for paychecks, sold feed and received cattle at sales yards to make ends meet when necessary.
The stories she writes are generous slices of this life. They are tales of gritty existence, simple honest love, a code of honor still upheld, and beating overwhelming odds. They are about the people and land of today’s West. Her voice of experience cannot be mistaken as you read and are drawn into her writing.
Her poetry opens a door allowing you deep into her world, often touching a heart string as she writes of the ranch life and people she loves, or sends her reader into laughter as her wry humor rings true.
Deanna has won various awards for her writing, including Academy Of Western Artists, Western Music Association, Women Writing The West, Will Rogers Medallion Award, NM/AZ Book Awards.
The stories she writes are generous slices of this life. They are tales of gritty existence, simple honest love, a code of honor still upheld, and beating overwhelming odds. They are about the people and land of today’s West. Her voice of experience cannot be mistaken as you read and are drawn into her writing.
Her poetry opens a door allowing you deep into her world, often touching a heart string as she writes of the ranch life and people she loves, or sends her reader into laughter as her wry humor rings true.
Deanna has won various awards for her writing, including Academy Of Western Artists, Western Music Association, Women Writing The West, Will Rogers Medallion Award, NM/AZ Book Awards.
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April 20, 2022
Loved this view of life through the eyes of a young woman. The author certainly kept me engaged throughout the story.
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