The Mountain Path

About the Book

Do you feel lost, or on the wrong path in your life? Do adversities feel like an uphill climb on a steep mountain? That is how Betty Jean Shaw feels as she struggles with obstacles on her life’s journey. After her divorce from Barry Shaw, an abusive alcoholic, Betty visits a counselor who enlightens her to a unique way to view life. Betty and her son Danny are encouraged by her childhood friend, Peggy Sanders, to pursue a new path. She becomes involved with Billy Larson, an unpredictable character who provides an escape for her; however, Danny has an intense dislike for Billy. After years of openly and discreetly seeing Billy she acknowledges life with him is like living on a rollercoaster. She meets and marries George Hazelton through an acquaintance service. George is a good man, an admirable stepfather for Danny, but she does not love him, which leads to a complicated, emotional life and a secret- a character defect she does not want fixed. After the death of her husband and only child, she seeks solitude in Arizona and New Zealand. Betty’s loneliness leads her to investigate Internet dating and explore different paths. Difficult and dangerous paths drive her to seek a peaceful meadow on her mountain in life and in the process she learns adversities provide opportunities.

About the Author

Joan M. Sutton was born and raised in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia. After graduating from Business College in 1959, she moved to Calgary, Alberta, married, and has two daughters, Kim and Heather and four grandchildren. In 2001, she married Ray Sutton and retired to Carstairs, Alberta. She has been writing for about fifty years, in between her own steep mountain paths. She has been published in Whispers From Heaven and Synchronicity, and is a member of the Writer’s Guild of Alberta. She meets with a critique group twice a month to sharpen her craft. Joan is currently working on her second novel.