In the fictional town of Whittimore, a historic Sugar Maple stands in Pioneer Park.and observes the constant changes among townspeople--characters in intertwined short stories of difficulty, desire, and destiny--an easy, but intriguing novel of Americana. Many people are uncertain troubled souls who have difficulty living full and complete lives. Some are like rocks skipped across a pond. Before a rock sinks, tiny circles mark each hit. The water flows on, but a leaf may be trapped,spinning in a whirlpool. Or a small stick is pushed intoanother current. Each one seems powerless to change direction. So it seems with people. A prize-winning poet, Youngquist is a member of The Academy of American Poets, The New York DramatistGuild, Council for Wisconsin Writers, Wisconsin Fellowshipof Poets and Tuesday Morning Poets-Milwaukee. Her first novel Procula (about Pontius Pilate's wife) was released in 2005 and Maple Tree Tales (interrelated shortstories) in 2006, both by Drury's Publishing.