Hole in My Heart: Love and loss in the faultlines of adoption

FINALIST: MEMOIR, STORY CIRCLE AWARDS, 2024

FINALIST: NARRATIVE NONFICTION, INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS OF NEW ENGLAND AWARDS, 2024

In the days before Roe v. Wade, an ambitious young journalist, abandoned by her beau, leaves Michigan for a dream job on the city desk of a Rochester, New York newspaper. Burned once, she's eager for love, but as the only Girl in the newsroom, she's more concerned with finding allies and making friends.

When a new leading man appears, she recognizes a kindred spirit. Soon her bylined stories claim front-page space.