Merry-Go-Round: The Story of One Woman's Life encompasses seven decades of living and learning from the basalt rims of Eastern Oregon, across the United States. The author takes the reader with her into memory and introspection to share the joys of a rural childhood, a small school education, and onward into marriage and the years that followed. Through her prose, poetry, and short fiction, Crandell shares with us the path on which Spirit placed her feet. Her writing chronicles her journey to maturity. With raw honesty she reveals her struggle to grow in Spirit, to find meaning, a purpose for her walking this Earth to which she is closely bonded. Merry-Go-Round: The Story of One Woman's Life is a modern look at the mythic journey of all humans. We do not always slay dragons with swords. Sometimes, like Taliesin, we use words.