Like Mary Q-C, I also started going gray in my teens.  I started coloring my hair when a man (naturally a man) asked me if I was the same age as his daughter.  Turned out she was 38; I was 26.  After 20 years I decided to go "natural" and with the help of my most excellent hairdresser, found that my hair was a beautiful, shiny silver-white.  I get compliments on it even now, and I’m 55.  And yes, I’ve also heard that people would try to get this color from a bottle, but platinum is the closest they could find.  It’s very liberating to accept what is without feeling like I have to change it to suit other’s ideas of beauty.

i read the first two chapters online and enjoyed them very much.  i ordered the book and gobbled it up in a couple of days (i had to take a break to go to work) and still wanted more.  the ending was not as i expected.  it seemed to be a let down and i wished for so much more for collie.  and i do agree with a previous contributor that this story would be right at home in the deep south!  i’ve lived in various southern states most of my life and this tale fits right in with my ex-in-laws in mississippi.  they could be cousins….

all in all a wonderful read.

lynne