In 150 years of American history, San Diego has produced many competent and a few highly successful writers, Max Miller, Oakley Hall and others. Judy Van Der Veer outclasses them all. Her work is pure and fine. It seizes your attention and your heart. It is true, more true than most fiction and nonfiction. You don't just read her books, you experience them, unforgettably. She has waited too long for this first reprint.