She then sold a second book to another publisher the same week. She began sending manuscripts to publishers, writing four novels before she sold the first one. Auch finally knew that she wanted to a writer when an instructor told her that sometimes artists find they can paint better pictures with words. In the summer of 1984, Auch took a week-long children's writing conference on Cape Cod.
Eventually, Auch began illustrating for Pennywhistle Press, a national children's newspaper, which led to an interest in illustrating children's books. She enrolled in the Occupational Therapy program at Columbia University, and worked for some years in a children's hospital near Hartford, Connecticut. After graduation, Auch went for New York City, but after a year of designing prints for men's pajamas, she decided she wanted to do something more meaningful with her life. She went on to become an art major at Skidmore College. Her interest in drawing began as a child and continued through high school. Her research shows in the close attention to detail.As a child, Mary Jane Auch loved books and read constantly.
Auch creates a vivid picture of life in 1816. "Even better than its predecessor.Auch's attention to the unromantic details of pioneer life, combined with evocative description and unusually involving dialogue, gives her work uncommon dimension." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) ".a refreshing, highly realistic entry in pioneer fiction." - Kirkus Reviews "A well-paced, bracingly realistic novel." - The Horn Book “The reader of this finely researched historical novel feels the physical and emotional challenges of pioneer life.” – Children’s Literature "The novel joins Pam Conrad's Prairie Songs as an unflinching look at the price of Western settlement." - The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books “This is a great book, one I cannot imagine could be better written.” - Voya “It is exciting and action-packed from start to finish. It's up to Mem to find Mama and Lily and bring them safely home. In a powerful companion novel to the highly acclaimed Journey to Nowhere, twelve-year-old Mem comes face-to-face with the hardships that befell the early settlers. Mem's struggles go from bad to worse when Mama and Lily disappear into the woods on a cold and stormy night.
Now Papa must rely on young Mem to take care of her sister and brother, and especially her sick mother. And since the birth of baby Lily, Mama has been having terrible spells.
Papa's crops are ruined by the severe frosts, so food is scarce. But their first summer in their new home proves more difficult than they ever imagined. In 1815 Remembrance "Mem" Nye and her family packed up their covered wagon and headed for the Genesee County in western New York for a better life.
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