Dana's TREADWELL

See this lovely lady, so pretty and looking so refined?  Well, don’t believe it.  Where she spits grass never grows again.  Dana Joy Wyzard is a sixty sommen, sommen year old, gun toting, self-effacing lady who has my heart.  And she is a gifted writer… a better wrier than the editors who published her book… and has a great blog (look on the left as I cannot make links for some reason) called Witless Relocation Program.  Check her out.

And she wrote this book…

TREADWELL!

Finally I got to read a book with real-to-life characters written by a real-to-life author.  Dana knows what she is writing about, coming from the mountains of Indiana and living just as hard a life as my new love, Nelda Pike.

Nelda is in her 60's and as feisty as any old crone can be.  But you can't help but love her.  She is straight forward in her mannerisms and as honest in her speech as any person who has lived a hardscrabble life can attest too.

Early on, Nelda runs across a troubled teen that is running for her life from her step-father and step-brother who killed her mother in front of her eyes.  When they catch up and nab Laura, Nelda gets the aid of another old crown and her best friend, Wosie Mae Briar, to go to her rescue.

And these two old ladies are not afraid to tackle the task. Both are crack-shots and well versed in the use of guns, especially the shotgun.

TREDWELL is a fun read and will grab you from the first page.  It is refreshing to read about the main characters being up in years.  Not cute or beautiful who have to fight off men.  Nor do they have to fight off ghost, vampires or zombies; just lowlife scumbags… though a ghost might just appear in the story.

Nelda is just a down to earth woman who has seen the harder times in life and knows compassion, loyalty and anger. What's not to love?

Dana, you did good, girl!  And you are really a sweet and caring lady regardless of what you say.

As for the rest of you, do yourself a favor and get this story of my new hero, Nelda Pike.