Böcker av Ellen Boneparth

Attorney Rachel Kahn, seeking a new life, takes her middle name, Noa, as her first name. In her mid-thirties, she leaves private practice in New York to work at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. on halting the illegal opioid trade. Working with Tony Palmer, a colleague from the CDC in Atlanta, she helps track drug-dealers in San Francisco and discovers new approaches in Seattle and Vancouver to confronting addiction, leading her to introducing harm reduction practices on Indian reservations where drug abuse is rampant.Noa's journey takes her from the war on drugs to harm reduction and eventually to drug legalization. Both Noa and Tony deal with family loss from illegal drugs. Their efforts to heal their families, as well as to assist abusers, result in a bond that evolves into love.

Maggie Cohen assumes the job of Executive Director of Kneading A Future, a nonprofit aiding women and girls in the developing world. She takes on Musa Ibrahim, a Nigerian graduate student, as an assistant. They travel to West Africa and Guatemala in search of women's projects and, unexpectedly, get caught up in overseas crimeand a interpersonal compelling connection.

Early loss has a way of remaining in our lives; for the lucky, closure finally happens. In this novel, the heroine comes to terms with her loss of twenty years earlier only when circumstance puts her in the same retirement community as the man she suspects of killing her past love. How she deals with the villain's criminal past of money-laundering and murder, with the help of a new partner and close friends, is a story of pain, persistence, and ingenuity.

A political newcomer needs a good reason to run for office. Miri Katz has one -- fighting for the homeless and providing shelters and affordable housing for those in need, especially women and their families. A special election to Congress brings Miri into the legislative arena where she works with an extraordinary Congressional ally to improve the lives of the homeless, even if it takes winning a battle against corrupt developers.