Turquoise Summer is the debut novel of Mary Beth Lagerborg, and is set in Grand Lake, Colorado, in 1947. She describes it as The Help meets Nancy Drew and A River Runs Through It.Mary Beth is also a personal historian who captures clients' memoirs or family stories in custom-published books. Her website is www.Retelling.net.She is the author of nine non-fiction books, and is co-creator, with Mimi Wilson, of the ultimate do-ahead dinner technique, Once-A-Month Cooking. This book has helped thousands of people to strengthen family mealtimes. Once-A-Month Cooking Family Favorites, a later book of entirely different recipes, includes a two-week family menu plan of gluten-free recipes. www.once-a-monthcooking.com.