Cinderella's Daughter and the Secret of Big Bend

About the Book

Diane Garner considers herself a small town Texas Anglo girl with an astonishingly successful single mom. She experiences a dramatic transition from desperate poverty that resulted when her father abandoned the family.

The family finds prosperity in a small Texas town when her mother becomes a hospital executive—a very unusual career for a woman in the fifties. Diane grows up in the nurturing community where she enjoys various adventures and mischievous pranks with friends. One day at the age of twenty-two she learns a startling secret about her mother’s hidden past, then embarks on a journey to restore the lost legacy of her family.

About the Author

Diane Garner grew up in small town Texas and was an educator in Houston for 25 years. In 1975 she transcribed her grandfather’s 130 letters as a gift to her mother. After retiring, she began in earnest to write her family’s story. She has previously published Letters from the Big Bend: Legacy of a Pioneer. She and her husband live in Houston, Texas where she is an active member of her church and likes to read, travel, and do volunteer work.