The Paragraph Ranch

I spent some time in West Texas a few years ago, and fell in love with the place. So naturally, I got excited when I saw this book and picked up a copy. The novel revolves around Dee, Ph.D., a middle-aged writer. Although she has a great opportunity with a writing fellowship in Massachusetts, Dee mu......more

I was provided a review copy of this book, and had intended take a peak at the first chapter before adding it to my TBR pile, but found myself reading into the night. On the surface it's a fun and simple story about ordinary people. Writer and professor Dr. Dee goes back to her home-town in Texas. C......more

The Paragraph Ranch Key Ellington & Barbara Brannon Booktrope 978-1-62015-461-8 $16.95, 312 pgs When Mary Alice Bennett, fiercely independent and often cantankerous widow and mother of three, suffers severe injuries in a car accident her children must decide how best to help and (hopefully) how not to hu......more

You don't have to be from Texas, or even have been to Texas, to appreciate the wit, wisdom and reality that exudes from the pages of The Paragraph Ranch. Yes, the book is set in Texas and readers from the Lone Star state will find that Ellington and Brannon capture the spirit of their beloved state,......more

The Paragraph Ranch is a great story about one woman’s understanding and realization of just who and what she is as well as what family and career really mean. Mary Alice Bennett has had an accident and will require care and rehab for quite some time. Dee, her daughter and an aspiring writer moves b......more