Delightfully quirky and willing to go where few other novels dare, The Swift Seasons takes readers deep into the lives of octogenarians in a retirement community as they learn to live with themselves and each other.
At the heart of the story is Willa Warsaw, a childless and recent widow in her eighties who spends her days poring over the writing of Oliver Wendell Holmes and daydreaming. Naturally shy and a bit reclusive, Willa finds herself unaccountably drawn to the newest member of the community-former opera singer Eric Ravelle.
Eric and Willa connect over their shared voice disorders, finding comfort in each other. But as their relationship deepens over the passing days, so do their health issues, bringing up very real concerns about their future together.
Full of memorable characters, sharp insights into aging, and the wisdom of Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Swift Seasons is a treasured gift, a celebration of living long enough to grow old, and a meditation on things that endure or change as we age.
About the Author: A published author, journalist, poet, editor, and publisher, Mollee Kruger grew up during the Great Depression and World War II. At seventeen, she sold her first poem to a national magazine, The Woman's Home Companion, and wrote a weekly column for the county paper, which paid five cents per column inch.
After graduation from the University of Maryland, she worked as a copywriter at an advertising agency, wrote educational TV scripts, and later produced "Unholy Writ", a widely syndicated column of topical light verse.
Kruger, the author of eight books, has contributed prize-winning essays and poetry to The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, Modern Maturity, Writer's Digest, The Pen Woman, Maryland Magazine, and many other regional publications.
As an octogenarian who still has all her marbles, Kruger writes lovingly about aging, drawing inspiration from the retirement community she calls home. A widow, she has two sons and two grandchildren.
