Eva’s Journey

About the Book

Meet Eva. Her US-educated parents had a dream to raise their family in a spiritual and naturalist style in the mountains of the Andes. Eva and her brother laugh, love, play, and work very hard while encountering other souls in their beloved forest, growing ever mindful the presence of a larger world. A daring journey begins for Eva as events catalyze unexpected separation from her family and catapult her as an outsider into a modern US city. The contrast of her lively, whimsical yet spiritual approach to life and her new urban surroundings unfold a tapestry of modern social issues humorously and insightfully. Through fresh perspective, grace, determination, and a little bit of luck, she embraces the unknown courageously. She interrelates with friends and people in her social community, solving the puzzles of her family and her own identity. Ultimately, she discovers life, friendship, love, and the oddities and treasures of our modern culture.

About the Author

H. A. Wilkerson was born youngest of three children in Iowa in 1965. Her family moved to Texas when she was ten months old where her father contributed to the Apollo missions to the moon as an electrical engineer. The family moved to Colorado where Heather attended kindergarten through twelveth grade in Littleton, Elizabeth, and Colorado Springs. She received an information systems degree in 1989 from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, then moved to the bay area in California where she worked in computer and publishing companies for eight years. Since then, she has lived in California, Hawaii, Colorado, and Utah. In addition to working on this novel, she has had vocational pursuits as diverse as entrepreneurial stained glass, yoga manager, computer database work, prenursing classes, nursing assistant, working with youth groups, and working traditional office jobs. She forever tries to balance the world of vocation and right livelihood and the inspirations of her heart. Ten percent of proceeds from the sale of this and future books will be donated to children’s charities in the US and worldwide. At the time of publishing this book, she lived in Salt Lake City, Utah. The art on the cover and scattered through the text were created by the author for this book. The cover is an oil painting and the images within the book’s text are multimedia ink and watercolor. All of the images are available for viewing on the website in their original color form. For more information about the author or the book, see hawilkerson.com. You can also email comments, questions or suggestions to info@hawilkerson.com.