In the Straight From The Onion Vine series, author Jody Scott-Smith takes us to a New England town, similar to where she has lived and worked for a number of years as a nurse. From her years as a visiting nurse, Jody knows everyone has a story. In high school, the pressure to make friends with the most popular takes away from finding the set of real friends you really need. Kelli’s friends would come over often and Jody took time to get to know them, even if she had to drive them home. Sometimes Jody voiced her opinion to soon, other times not soon enough. Through the process of raising Kelli, Jody Scott-Smith realized the need for parents and children to find a way to work through these times together: the essence of the first book in this series: Between. Jody Scott-Smith lives with her family that includes three Papillon dogs. She does most of her thinking and writing from her motor home in the backyard.