Grace Jelsnik: 9 books

The Road Trip to Hell and Back Dr. Noah Severson, veterinarian and reluctant environmentalist, must expose the devastation unleashed on the environment by hydraulic fracturing, "fracking," of the subsurface shale by a greedy oil company and its silent partner, the Environmental Protection...

In the 1980's, the family farm was struggling.  The economy was bad, overseas demand for American produce had dwindled, market and land values decreased, interest rates increased, debts incurred during the prosperous early 1970's were coming due, and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)...

Six girls, abandoned at birth, are secreted away, reared in isolation until the night evil comes knocking.  A decade later, three are dead, one is being held prisoner, one has realized her destiny as the Sioux's White Buffalo Calf Woman, and one is senior adviser to a president who plans to forcibly...

In a last-minute attempt to thwart a plan to murder two children, Detective Kyra Knowles goes undercover.  However, when her true identity is revealed, she is left for dead in a snowstorm.  Her memory gone, Kyra finds her way to the nearest shelter.  Now she is trapped in an isolated house above...

A satire on the dangers of arming our teachers. Who's to say they're any more well-balanced than anyone else? A working knowledge of basic chemistry is required for comprehension.

A satire on the Trump presidency: A century from now, a young Jewess hides from the Kickers beneath a bridge while telling her half-Mexican child the tale of Yoosa and its last ruler, Thadanal.  With nods to Russell Hoban and George Orwell, the apocalypse has begun.  Graphic violence.

A troubling solution to America's Social Security problem results in one elderly woman's rebellion.

The desire for social acceptance, mob mentality on a lesser scale, provides the greatest test of a person's true character.  The bullies would not be so quick to bully if they did not receive at least tacit approval for their actions.  Silence while another person is being bullied is as bad as the...

"I have something you want, and you have something I want.  I propose a trade."  With these words, a stranger forever alters the life of a spoiled young woman, sending her into a tailspin that culminates in self-imposed exile.  Three years later, Fiona is returning home, a mature woman...