Sweet Dreams

By Carla Stewart

Description:

It’s 1962, and Dusty Fairchild, daughter of a self-made millionaire and oilman, wants to go to college. Instead she is sent to a private finishing school in East Texas. Although she’s never wanted for material possessions, Dusty longs for independence and adventure. The only upside to attending Miss Fontaine’s is having her cousin and best childhood friend, Paisley, join her. Paisley has traveled the country with her bohemian mother, but she dreams of putting down roots and living a settled life. At Miss Fontaine’s, their loyalty to each other binds them, but when they fall in love with the same handsome young man, their relationship teeters on shaky ground. Only after a tragic accident do they learn where their true hearts-and dreams-lie.

Book Takeaway:

Communication, honesty, and forgiveness can overcome whatever life throws at you.

Why the author wrote this book:

I was a teenager in the sixties, the era of the cultural revolution with one eye on the past - traditional - way of life, the other on an array of social changes for women. I'm not sure we were aware of the many changes on the horizon, but we embraced the music and the possibilities of a different kind of future than our mothers had. I wanted to bring that sense of tradition and the new wave of the future together and show that, at the heart, family and values really never change.