Alice E BonnerReleasing Jenna is Alice E. Bonner's first book. After joining a creative writing class, she felt compelled to write about her family's experiences raising Jenna, her niece. The teacher and students in the class encouraged Alice to compile all the stries about Jenna and publish this book. Alice is a native Californian who grew up in a stable, loving family. Although she worked with at-risk teens, she had no concept of what it would be like to welcome into her home a young girl who had been abused in multiple ways since birth.After their retirement, Alice and her husband built a quiet mountain retreat in the woods of northern California. She lives there in the small community of Boonville in Mendocino County. Read More Read Less