Frankie Roland 

                  Those Crabtree Girls        

     "Those Crabtree Girls," is a fun-filled memoir that grew out of my childhood memories made with my cousins, aunts and uncles.  All of it made possible from the love of my grandmother, Jennie Patton Crabtree, a great lady.

     Those were the carefree days of the 1930's and 40's when, even during the Great Depression, we knew we were loved and felt the security from our parents.  That was enough!

 

     Frankie Roland grew up on the Cumberland Plateau in eastern Tennessee and has  always loved to write. She has been published in several periodicals including Standard, Wondertime, Our Little Friend, The Outlook, Decision, Woman's Touch and others. She is a regular contributor to Kansas Senior Times.

    She has authored "These Are My People," a devotional, "The Stubborn Tooth," a children's story and "To Even the Score," a novel pointing toward child abuse.

     "Those Crabtree Girls," is a book of Memoirs and dedicated to her paternal grandmother, Jennie Patton Crabtree.

 

 

To Even The Score

 

Frankie Roland was raised in Tennessee. A few years back, she and her husband decided to make Coffeyville, Kansas their home. Frankie is a retired educator, mother of four, grandmother of four, and a wife for fifty years to a minister, is an active member of the Night Writers, District Three of the Kansas Authors Club. This is the first novel from Frankie Roland. She has written These Are My People, a devotional and The Stubborn Tooth, a story for children.

A story of a young boy who during hard times, finds courage and strength to persevere in protecting his younger siblings.

"This story of one courageous boy’s fight to keep his family together is both adventurous and heart-rending. It has the feel of a true story told about hard times in the deep South, when family was often all you had, even if that family wasn’t the best for you." – Shaun Moffitt, co-author of Myopic Memories: Girls Who Wear Glasses and Are We There Yet? Girls On The Road.

"Frankie Roland takes you back to the flavor of the deep South during its share cropping days with a plot that will hold you spellbound and might even make you cry!" - Ursula Turner, Lifestyle Editor, The Coffeyville Journal.

"In To Even the Score Frankie Roland developed characters as real as people we know personally or by reputation - the survivors of family dysfunction, the ordinary heroes in our families and schools, and the broken souls who become abusers. This fictional account of one family’s life is told with heart and total honesty. Readers be warned, you will not want to put down ‘To Even the Score’ to fix dinner, write monthly checks or walk the dog. The book reminded me to take a closer look at my neighbors, especially the children." - Ann Everett, Former State President, Kansas Authors Club and author of Emotional Choice: Caregivers Surviving Alzheimer’s disease.

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