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THIS PRECIOUS LOVE is the best book I've ever read is just one of the comments Dr. Jeanne has gotten about this special book

BECOMING BESTEMOR is just awesome.

To read the first chapters of both books or to order your own copy personally autographed by Dr. Jeanne, click here These are books you'll want to own. You'll never be the same once you read them.

ON THIS PAGE YOU'LL FIND: SYNOPSIS OF THIS PRECIOUS LOVE, DR. JEANNE'S BIO, WHAT OUR READERS SAY AND THESE WONDERFUL PICTURES.

MEMORIES FROM THIS PRECIOUS LOVE

SYNOPSIS OF THIS PRECIOUS LOVE

In her full-length novel, THIS PRECIOUS LOVE, Dr. Jeanne Hounshell tells her own true story—how a sweet and pretty Nebraska ranch girl met the love of her life while working at Yellowstone National Park in 1952. Jeanne and Ken may have only been teenagers, but their hearts knew that theirs was a bond that would last forever—even if half a century would pass before they would see each other again.

But don’t expect a sugary tale of fancy from this book. Dr. Hounshell doesn’t pull any punches as she includes all the heartache, disappointments and challenges that every life encounters. She writes frankly about the horror of losing a daughter who was only 12, the heartache and anger over caring for a sometimes cruel husband during his long and agonizing journey toward death.

THIS PRECIOUS LOVE takes readers from a sod house in Nebraska to the Queen's cottage in Heathrow airport, from a president inaugural ball to a California beach condo. It contains many stories of her ranch years including living in a sod house, the day her Dad brought her first horse home to her, when she got her first pair of cowgirl boots, her first horseback ride out onto the ranch on her own horse, working in the hayfield and one summer of riding the ranch every day to check on the cattle.
Then comes the phone call that would change Jeanne and Ken's lives forever. Now in their golden years, after so much life had already been spent, these lovers would finally be brought together again. Ken would make one more phone call trying to find his girl--and he would succeed.

Dr. Jeanne's Bio

Dr. Jeanne is a writer, a wellness counsellor, a spiritual counselor, a retired Doctor of Chiropractic who emphasized holistic health and nutrition. She is also a publisher. In her spare time she reads, square dances, plays bridge, travels and enjoys her Ken and her family.

Jeanne was born, and grew up on a working ranch in the sandhills of Nebraska. For six years she lived in a sod house. During World War Two, she and her parents ran their ranch. She was a part of almost every cattle drive from the time she was seven until she left home so she was a true cowgirl.

Following her junior year in High School, she and her best friend, Mary Jo Tinkham, went to work in West Thumb in Yellowstone National Park. There she met Ken Hounshell; they fell in love and spent two summers together before Jeanne returned to Nebraska and college.

At Nebraska Wesleyan University, she met Jack Buckingham and at the end of her sophomore year they were married in her beloved sandhills. She received her bachelor’s degree in 1963. She and Jack had four children: Mark, Dawn, Kristina, and Laurie and six grandchildren: Cory, Kayla, Josh, Jarin, Leigh, and Autumn and four great-grandchildren.

She taught for many years and then they owned and operated the KOA Kampground in Gunnison, Colorado. She and Jack graduated together from Los Angeles College of Chiropractic when they were both in their 50’s. That was a day filled with joy and pride. Jeanne is a semi-retired Doctor of Chiropractic. She is a licensed counselor and teaches in her local church.

In November 2001, she received a phone call from Ken. They had not met for 47 years.

THIS PRECIOUS LOVE IS THEIR STORY. She spent five years writing it. In the end, it is a book about their love: This love, this precious love that has come again to them in their later years.

She and Ken have spent the last year marketing it. She is already at work on her next book about her grandparents. Her grandmother came from Denmark to the United States to raise her grandfather's seven children. They were married and she had 14 more. Twenty one children! Now that's some story!

Ken and Jeanne live in the warmth of the Arizona desert and spend their summers in a log cabin in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. They square dance, play bridge, read, hike, bicycle and travel in their motor home and Jeanne writes in these beautiful spots that she and Ken call home.

What our readers say:

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