Penelope has written since she could hold a pencil in her hand. After raising three children and starting several stories only to put them in a “for later” pile, she continued to work piecemeal at writing, until one day the time was right. She does the nuts and bolts of the writing, while her daughter handles the ideas and research. Then they stir it all up together into heart-warming stories of family life in the past.

Through the lives of strong people from various historical periods, they prove that Family Matters.