New Literary Fiction Memoir Book Review

MONTEREY, Calif. - Aug. 24, 2015 - PRLog -- From the many book submissions received a few noteworthy books are approved for a no-charge recommendation and review in the “Mindquest Review of Books,” published by Lightword Publishing.

Garden Design & Self Discovery

In this novel, a well-developed, nuanced story-line depicts twenty-three years in the life of Malorie Ellsworth, who enters graduate school determined to make a career in academia in her chosen field, French literature. Less than a year later, thwarted by a shocking betrayal, she moves to a village in Burgundy, France.

Malorie Ellsworth is brainy, motivated, and principled. While in France she doesn’t look back. She looks inward, seeking to understand who she really is. She discovers garden design, a vocation that engages her at the deepest level, leading toward professional and personal fulfillment while helping to bring balance to her heart and intellect.

Step-parenting & Lyme Disease Challenges

Sometimes seekers win. Sometimes seekers lose. Malorie learns that false starts and setbacks are the growing pains of self-fulfillment.  Upon her return to the U.S. from France she starts her own business, while contending with the challenges of step-parenting and her husband’s battle with Lyme disease.

Coming-of-Age Success Novel

Baer has produced a well-developed literary memoir with a balance of dialogue, narrative, and description that powerfully illustrates the ties of family and the places and things that make us who we are. In beautifully descriptive prose she reveals the processes involved in constructing and living a meaningful, fulfilling life. “Minerva’s Fox” vividly places readers at the heart of each scene, at the center of the relationships that matter most to Malorie. In Malorie Ellsworth, Baer has created a sympathetic, complex protagonist, whose struggles and successes take place against a richly evoked bicultural backdrop.

Author Kristina Baer lives with her husband in California. She published “Leo Spitzer on Language and Literature,” in 1991 and “Captured Views: Impressions of Ten Gardens,” in 2006. Her poems and photographs were exhibited at the Pacific Grove Art Center in California.

Kristina’s Baer’s Website
http://www.kristinabaer.net

Kristina Baer on Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Minervas-Fox-Novel-Kristina-Baer/dp...