“An unlikely friendship is formed when two painters decide to risk everything for their art. Surprising, tender, and wise, this is a book you don’t want to miss.
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— Ginger Eager, author of The Nature of Remains and 2021 Georgia Author of the Year
“Fresh, imaginative, and gorgeously written. Moore is a virtuoso storyteller, and this is her best work yet.
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— Nancy Crochiere, author of Graceland

A Woman’s Guide to Search & Rescue explores the unexpected gift of found family in times of loss and tragedy, the forging of a new relationship between two related strangers, and the realization, by three women of different generations, that by saving each other, they save themselves.

“Moore deftly explores and develops relationship dynamics, both familial and romantic, and what someone is willing to do and forgive for the people they care about.”  —Publisher’s Weekly/Booklife

When a serious accident changes the dynamics of a family’s lake vacation, putting her young brother in a coma, Molly Fisher is outcast from her parents’ affection as they struggle with their own sorrow. Unexpectedly, she becomes the rescuer of them all, forging a new relationship not only with her gifted, difficult parents, but with her own qualities of light and darkness.

“Moore traces the contours of shadow without ever letting us forget the transformative power of light.” —Kaethe Schwehn, author of The Rending and the Nest

Want to write a book? This simple, step-by-step plan—of flexible timelines, chapter grids, storyboarding, and time-tested tools—teaches you how. Learn to get great ideas, flow them into chapters, organize research and concepts, construct plots, revise for pacing and clarity, and bring your book into manifestation.

“If you believe you have a book inside you just waiting to come out, here is a guide that will ensure your book’s arrival in the world. In clear, accessible prose, Mary Carroll Moore leads the aspiring author through every step of the challenging, rewarding process of developing and completing a full-length book.” —Rebecca McClanahan, author of In the Key of New York City