Debra Lynn Hook, Author at The Allegheny Front

Writer and photographer Debra Lynn Hook spent two and a half weeks in a rustic cabin on 200 acres of Michigan forestland. Photo: Debra Lynn Hook

An Empty Nest Leads a Mother to the Woods

Debra Lynn HookDecember 18, 2015

As her third child started college, Debra-Lynn Hook spent two and a half weeks in a rustic cabin amidst 200 acres of Michigan forest—to experience the grandeur and subtlety of the woods.

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Debra Lynn Hook

An Empty Nest Leads a Mother to the Woods

Debra Lynn Hook