Frankie Roland
Frankie Roland was born and raised on the Cumberland Plateau, East Tennessee. She has been writing since a child and has been published in over 50 periodicals including a novel at the age of 71. Frankie's goal is to show more and tell less in her writing. Married to her husband, Arnold for fifty years they raised four children, two homemade and two adopted as Frankie shares but always adds, everyone a winner. She loves her pets, breaks out a puzzle every year at the first snowfall, and watches ballgames with Arnold. Frankie is an active member of the Night Writers, District 3 of the Kansas Authors Club.
To Even the Score
"This story of one courageous boy’s fight to keep his family together is both adventurous and heart-rending. It has the feel of a true story told about hard times in the deep South, when family was often all you had, even if that family wasn’t the best for you." – Shaun Moffitt, co-author of Myopic Memories: Girls Who Wear Glasses and Are We There Yet? Girls On The Road.
"Frankie Roland takes you back to the flavor of the deep South during its share cropping days with a plot that will hold you spellbound and might even make you cry
!" - Ursula Turner, Lifestyle Editor, The Coffeyville Journal."In To Even the Score Frankie Roland developed characters as real as people we know personally or by reputation - the survivors of family dysfunction, the ordinary heroes in our families and schools, and the broken souls who become abusers. This fictional account of one family’s life is told with heart and total honesty. Readers be warned, you will not want to put down ‘To Even the Score’ to fix dinner, write monthly checks or walk the dog. The book reminded me to take a closer look at my neighbors, especially the children."
- Ann Everett, Former State President, Kansas Authors Club and author of Emotional Choice: Caregivers Surviving Alzheimer’s disease.