Mary Christine Kane and Sandra Eliason: True Stories About Love Vol. 2

About the Book:

This collection of thirty-three beautifully written stories captures love in its many forms—love of romantic partners, parents, children, friends, animals, and passionate interests. These stories will inspire, motivate, and entertain. In the name of love, our storytellers suspended their beliefs, quit jobs, followed their guts, explored themselves, found courage, opened themselves up, and surrendered. There are stories where love truly overcame the odds, taught life lessons, and completely transformed lives. The anthology is edited by Judi Lee Goshen and Anne E. Beall.

About The Authors:

Mary Christine Kane works as a marketing consultant and is a volunteer for an animal rescue organization. Between the stars where you are lost, Mary’s poetry chapbook, was published by Finishing Line Press. A Moth-winning storyteller, her essays and poetry have appeared in numerous anthologies and journals Plainsongs; Mutabilis Press; Bluestem; The Buffalo Anthology, Right Here, Right Now; Ponder Review and elsewhere. Her essays have appeared or are forthcoming in anthologies published by Chicken Soup for the Soul, Chicago Story Press, Pure Slush and others. Mary earned an MFA in writing from Hamline University. She can be found online at: MaryChristineKane.com

Sandra Hager Eliason is a retired family physician who has turned to writing full time. In 2016, she won the Minnesota Medicine Magazine Arts Edition writing contest, and her story “Rough Ride,” originally in West Trade Review, is forthcoming in Best American Essays 2023. She is a finalist for the 2023 Plenitudes Prize, and is anthologized in True Stories About Love Vol. 2, and others. Her essays have appeared in Bluestem, The Linden Review, and Brevity Blog. She is a book reviewer for Hippocampus Magazine. Dr. Eliason lives with her husband and is currently querying her memoir, Heal Me: Becoming a Doctor for All the wrong Reasons (And Finding Myself Anyway). Find her on Facebook at Sandra Hager Eliason, Instagram @sheliasonmd or at dreliasonwriter.com.