Fireweed

GAY SEVERSIKE LINDQUIST, retired nursing professor, grew up on an Iowa farm and held nursing positions at hospitals in Florida and Iowa before moving to Wisconsin. There she taught maternal-child health and international health care courses at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and was awarded the Susan Van Ort Award for Creativity and Scholarly Activity. She lives in Naples, Florida and is also the author of VALLEY OF THE SHADOW: a JOURNEY THROUGH CANCER AND BEYOND, ISLAND DREAM, and THROUGH THE AGES: MY FAMILY HISTORY. This is her first work of fiction.