Every family has stories – rarely are they as well documented in family archives as are the stories of the women in the Nisley-Hassler-Stober-Smeltzer part of my family. The first in my series of creative non-fiction books about them has been published by XLIBRIS! DEAR WOMAN OF MY DREAMS, based on my mother’s 1923 diary, tells her personal view of life as a college student, daughter, and granddaughter. In the closing chapter, she writes back, having reached 100 years. Find out more at www.loiskathrynherr.com.