Overview FINDING UTOPIA tells a touching story of love and loss, dreams realized, and dreams cut short, woven through the lens of a misguided love that shatters lives and leaves a town in ashes. Set in Utopia, Texas, in the rural Hill Country between 1917 and 1926, the characters live on in memory long after you reach the end. Winner of the Gold Five Star Reader Views award and a Finalist in Book Excellence Awards. Description "Finding Utopia" is a romantic thriller inspired by actual events. Maizelle Clarke, the town doctor's daughter, elopes with Will Jones, an auto mechanic, against her father's wishes. He disowns her and cuts her off from her siblings and the family she loves. Embraced by her new husband's mother, she learns to be a wife and mother at the older woman's elbow. The young couple creates an idyllic life for themselves and their growing family until tragedy strikes, throwing the mother of three into a deep depression that threatens her marriage, her family, and all she holds dear. As she struggles to climb out of the darkness, another baby is born, which gives her hope and a reason to live and repair her fractured relationships. As she begins to move forward again, misguided love brings a night of terror to the community, and a dark secret threatens the family and the community's very existence. A story of deep love, enduring friendship, loss, and redemption, FINDING UTOPIA is a tender, gritty story carrying readers to a surprising climax.
Also available on Amazon: SURVIVING UTOPIA: Death does not bury a mother's love. Maizelle Jones's ghost looms large, hovering over her five children as they grapple with the trauma of watching her gunned down by a demented stalker in the small town of Utopia, Texas. Linda Jones Weber immerses readers in a world where love transcends mortality, plunging her characters into the heart-wrenching depths of grief that ultimately imbues them with resilience.
