"Cranberry Beads" is a collection of poems that describes the author's journey through early life. This book is her voice - bright, perceptive, vivid, and sometimes bittersweet. Striking imagery and keen observations address subjects that include departure of family and friends, survival paths, and destinations. Many of life's lessons described are still worn as a talisman, ""strung together like cranberry beads, fastened with a silver clasp.""