Thorns of the Mesquite is now available to order from Levellers Press, Amazon, or any other bookshop that carries it.
Born and raised in Austin, Texas, the spirit of the Lone Star State—as they say—has never left Patricia. Her early childhood was marked by visits to her grandparents’ ranch in West Texas, and the powerful images from that landscape and life have infused her writing for decades.
It was while she was leading a writing retreat in Ireland that the seed for Thorns of the Mesquite was planted. An image of her great-aunt Dona, whom she’d met only briefly at age five (but she remembers to this day how she called the chickens), appeared to her, walking a dirt road on that very ranch. She was compelled to follow. What resulted, years later, is a novel born of deep personal roots.
It is the intention of the author that all profits from this book be shared between organizations that protect the civil rights of all people, and those that serve and support victims of domestic violence.