About the Book

Book: The Broken Weathervane

Author: Laura DeNooyer

Genre: Women’s fiction, dual timeline fiction, literary fiction, book club fiction

Release Date: September 2, 2025

Two co-workers seek the same information. One wants to publish it; the other has good reasons to keep it hidden.

As Leslie Wickersham, Raymond University grants officer, seeks information to unravel a family mystery, English professor Gregory Stafford seeks an elusive interview with one more Buckwalter relative for his upcoming author biography. While Greg and Leslie guard coveted details from each other, her goals are further complicated by letters of blackmail threatening to reveal all she has worked hard to hide.

In this dual timeline novel alternating between 2015 and the 1950s, loyalty is tested and secrets abound when family honor collides with truth. Leslie grapples with the trade-off: how far will a person go to help a loved one thrive?

Excerpt from the Book

Chapter 1

All washed up at age thirty-five.

The premonition rumbled through Leslie Wickersham like a morose headline announcing her dismal future. Seated in the office of Raymond University’s administration building, Leslie Wickersham squinted at the framed quotation above the clock.

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear,

too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice,

but for those who love, time is eternity. —Henry Van Dyke.

Its pithy wisdom churned her stomach. If she weren’t awaiting her third interview, she’d snap a picture, post it on Instagram, and ask, “Is time a friend or an enemy?”

Instead, she stared at the clock as if the hands had stopped at the hour of someone’s death, like back in the day. Perhaps this moment marked the demise of her career. Tomorrow she might be bagging groceries at Klipton’s.

Her phone pinged. Grimacing, she grabbed it from her purse to silence it. One look revealed a text from Vic, her ex. Ugh. She’d blocked him, so he must have a new number. She plunged the silenced phone back into her purse and wiped her sweaty palms.

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About the Author

Laura DeNooyer thrives on creativity and encouraging it in others. A Calvin College graduate, she is a teacher, wife, parent of four adult children, and an award-winning author of heart-warming historical and contemporary fiction. Her novels are perfect for fans of Patti Callahan Henry, Erin Bartels, or Amanda Cox. When she’s not writing, you’ll find her reading, walking, drinking tea with friends, or taking a road trip.