Maria's Awakening

By Ella Rea Murphy

Do You Remember Your First Love? It's the late 1940s, WWII is a memory, prosperity continues, and the baby boom is underway. Meet Maria-nineteen, innocent, naive, and ready to taste her new found freedom. She has just begun her freshman year at the predominately male Iowa State University. Suddenly, her life swirls around classes, new friends, and fraternity parties-so many men. When Maria meets Bill, he becomes her first serious love-a butterflies-in-the stomach type of love. The excitement is indescribable, and her heart and body awaken to all the passion that love brings. But, of course, complications arise-Bill has a girlfriend, and Maria bumps into an old crush who is now very interested in her after having ignored her back in their hometown. Suddenly, Maria, haunted by her troubling past, finds herself juggling her strong feelings for both men while wrestling with her own demons of self-doubt and the need to please everyone. Return to a more innocent time as Maria-coming into her own-makes new friends, finds new love, and awakens to all that life has to offer.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1505425239
• ISBN13: 9781505425239
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"