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Cranberry Queen
Cranberry Queen
by Kathleen DeMarco
Cranberry Queen
Our September, 2002 book, "Cranberry Queen" by Kathleen DeMarco.

*Note from Katy: I wondered what a cranberry bog would look like, and I found this image on the internet: cranberry bog.

From The Publisher
Diana Moore, a thirtysomething professional woman in New York City, is brooding over her irritating dot-com job and rumor's about her ex-lover's beautiful new girlfriend, when the unimaginable happens: Her parents and only sibling are killed in a car crash in New Jersey. Reeling with shock, Diana quits her job and holes up in her apartment, trying to deal with her grief. When close friends try to intervene she flees, jumping into her car and driving blindly out of the city. After an unexpected encounter with a 70-year-old motorcyclist called Grace and her glamorous daughter, Diana discovers that she has landed in the pine barrens, a rural corner of New Jersey, an oasis of simple living and cranberries, where preparations are underway for the harvest and the night of the cranberry festival.