During March 2009 and April 2009 buy A Pebble to Polish
Available in print or e-book format from online retailers like Amazon.com or directly from the publisher BookSurge.com

Win for you: read an award-winning, entertaining novel. A Pebble to Polish is a Mom’s Choice Awards® Gold Recipient and USA Book News National Best Books Awards finalist.

Win for charity: In honor of Developmental Disabilities Month (March 2009) and Autism Awareness Month (April 2009), the author will donate a minimum of 20% of her royalties from books purchased in those months to charities supporting individuals with autism. Charities to receive donations are: The Arc Northern Chesapeake Region, Autism Speaks and Autism Society of America.

Synopsis: A financial windfall opens unexpected doors, but tragedy soon follows for idealistic college student, Cassandra Delaine. Compounding matters, she becomes a single parent, of an autistic child. Happiness and emotional wellbeing are seemingly out of reach until Cassandra reaches out to other parents making the same difficult journey. Kirkus Discoveries declares: “The detailed prose informative and heartwrenching by turns, offers readers a glimpse into the lives—the good, the bad and even the ugly—of all kinds of families with autistic children with warmth and compassion.”