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In this page-turning, laugh-out-loud novel, Lunacy and Acts of God is a coming of age story set against 1950s real life events in Topeka, Kansas. With plenty of quirky, humorous characters and a compelling murder mystery, the book reflects the impact of family and community on prejudice passed through generations, marginalized peoples, our differences, similarities, and choices.Praise for Lunacy and Acts of God: &#8220Wht a witty and wonderfully readable book! Full of laugh-out-loud scenes,Lunacy and Acts of God will keep anyone up all night to find out what happens next.&#8221ANE SPRY, author of Finally Noticing: Photos and Poems Prompted by a Pandemic2024 President, Kansas Authors Club&#8220Acharming and fantastical coming of age story. A young girl wrestles with the social ills of racism, mental illness, the abuses of powerful institutions and life&#8217smany nuanced shades of gray.&#8221DR KAREN BELLOWS, Former Menninger Clinic Faculty&#8220Ths fine novel tells an American story featuring characters so broken and vulnerable and horrible and redeeming and real that you&#8217dswear they can exist only in fiction&#8212unil you realize that you know them, right now. That is the power and the humility of Ruth Maus&#8217debut.&#8221CRIG LANCASTER, two-time High Plains Book Award winner, author of Northward Dreams and 600 Hours of Edward&#8220Meody tells her story reminiscent of the young girl Scout in To Kill A Mockingbird. She listens and observes others then weaves in an unsolved murder mystery in this page-turning and engaging read.&#8221MIHAEL PADILLA, Mayor and lifelong resident of Topeka, Kansas&#8220Ruh Maus&#8217scharacter, Melody, belongs in that august pantheon of American child characters founded by Mark Twain who are able to expound upon the madness of their times with a magnificent wit and wisdom so far beyond their years, you keep turning the pages.&#8221ANREW FARKAS,author of The Great Indoorsman: Essays and The Big Red Herring&#8220Arefreshing glimpse into history and human nature.&#8221JUIE A. SELLERS, author of Ann of Sunflower Lane andKansas Authors Club Prose Writer of the Year (2020, 2022, 2023)&#8220Folow the misadventures of Ruth Maus&#8217sheroine as she tries to make sense of the prejudices and loving loyalties of her quirky Kansas community.&#8221TI BASCOM, Director of Kansas Book Festival, author of Chameleon Days and Climbing Lessons

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