Enchanted Caravan
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This story was the very first book published by Dorothy Gilman Butters. We are re-releasing it in hopes of another generation of readers will enjoy this engaging tale. After all, who hasn't thought about jumping into a converted camper and have an adventure or three?
A tale of five lonely people who are thrown together by fate to live and work together as they travel around the country for the summer. There is a hapless father reuniting with his teenage daughter, a beauty queen trying to decide if she wants to settle down and marry, a teenage boy who just wants to get out of an abusive foster family situation and an artist who would like to 'live' a little. They encounter troubles to overcome, figure out different ways to keep the bus going and each other fed. They go from complete strangers to creating a family of their own.
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作者简介
Dorothy Edith Gilman Butters started writing when she was 9. At 11, she competed against 10 to 16-year-olds in a story contest and won first place. Dorothy worked as an art teacher and telephone operator before becoming an author. She wrote children stories for more than ten years and then began writing adult novels about Mrs. Pollifax–a retired grandmother who becomes a CIA agent. The Mrs. Pollifax series made Dorothy famous. While her stories nourish people’s thirst for adventure and mystery, Dorothy knows about nourishing the body as well. She used to live on a farm in Nova Scotia, where she grew medicinal herbs. Her knowledge of herbs comes through in many of her stories.
Dr. Jonathan W. Butters is a mental health professional in New York with highly specialized training in the diagnosis and psychological treatment of mental, behavioral and emotional illnesses, including obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). His main focus is on diagnosing and treating mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. Dorothy Gilman Butters' son.
Christopher Butters is a co-chair of the Brooklyn, NY Club. He is a retired NYC court reporter and a former DC 37 (AFSCME) chapter officer. In addition to participating in anti-racist and labor struggles, his poetry continues to be published in Blue Collar Review and many other literary and left poetry magazines. Dorothy Gilman Butters' son.
