Graduates from the Morrison College Class of 1967 don't seem to have read the rulebook - the one that replaces romance with less youthful infatuations. Sure, they love to garden, adore their kids and grandkids, read, knit, and deplore texting, and yes, the television volume occasionally approaches rock concert level, but nothing - I repeat nothing - has replaced romance or passion. As love's illusions are sampled and digested, Liv's decades old secret, Rich's relationship with his ex-wife, and Scotty's adventures with fame, fortune, and the wicked witch of the west, are ingredients for a perfect tale of lust and love. Reunion organizer Guen remains caught between two generations as she struggles to have a life of her own, and Mary Alice manages full-time child care and stolen moments with her man with a droll sense of humor. In LOVE'S ILLUSIONS, volume two of the series Life, Love, and Bifocals, the bifocal set once again declares that the mirror is not the judge of who they are. Now if they can just figure out what is...
About the Author: Jan Allinder Anestis (Olivia, aka Liv) penned a weekly Op-Ed column "I Wonder..." on the editorial page of The Weston Forum, Weston, CT, from 1995 to 1998. Jan also authored "Laughter Therapy" in 2004 for Bountiful Health, and her first novel, BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL, a romantic beach read for forty-somethings, was published in 2013. Jan treasured the challenge of weaving the characters together for MIND OVER MIRROR, LOVE'S ILLUSIONS, and QUAKES AND WILLOWS. Wandaleen Cole (Guen) is a retired corporate lawyer who practiced for over thirty years. Her creative talents were spent writing pleadings, briefs, contracts, software licenses, opinions and instruction manuals. Stepping into Guen's shoes was a pleasant experience for her, a relief from years of convincing, protecting, securing, opining and instructing. Wanda also hosted a local television program for several years that invited the audience to ask questions related to the law. Wanda has three novels: MIND OVER MIRROR, LOVE'S ILLUSIONS, and QUAKES AND WILLOWS. Jack Hailey (Rich) is a policy analyst in health and human services in California. He wrote "Teaching Writing, K-8," for U.C. Berkeley, distributed by the National Council of Teachers of English, and he was for many years a teacher-consultant for the Bay Area Writing Project. Jack spends weekends at his sweetie's gallery, talking to people about how art feeds the soul. Jack has three novels: MIND OVER MIRROR, LOVE'S ILLUSIONS, and QUAKES AND WILLOWS. Bill McDonald (Scotty) has published one non-fiction book and numerous articles of historical research plus several devotional works. He lectures on the topics of racism, religion, and other simmering realities. McDonald spoke at the Kentucky Governor's Inauguration in 2007 and 2011. From 1983-2008 Bill penned a weekly faith and humor column, Out of My Mind, often stolen by or quoted in other newsletters and columns. For 18 years McDonald has managed and played bass for a classic rock band. Bill has three novels: MIND OVER MIRROR, LOVE'S ILLUSIONS, and QUAKES AND WILLOWS. Jo Ann Walther (Mary Alice, aka M) spent thirty-five years teaching secondary English in Cambridge, Massachusetts, writing recommendations for many of her more than three thousand students and three dozen student teachers. She is currently working on a memoir, "November in My Soul," a cautionary tale for her grandchildren. Jo Ann has three novels: MIND OVER MIRROR, LOVE'S ILLUSIONS, and QUAKES AND WILLOWS.