Karla Trippe
Wood nymph Serena indirectly senses her connection with Caroline Howard who belongs to a typical church-going and God-fearing family but actually is dominated by its two-faced patriarch Bill Howard whose prominent feature of drinking escapades envelops the entire family with abuse, denial, and heartache.
In her just-released book, When the Birds Stopped Singing, SaddleBrooke author Karla Trippe shares her knowledge of spirituality in her thorough narrative of the lives of Serena and Caroline. The US Review of Books applauded this work stating, “The author does a commendable job of weaving the more surreal interactions between Caroline and Serena with the incessant trauma of Caroline’s home life. In thought-provoking discussions, Trippe appeals to abuse victims working to heal their trauma, and in many ways, Trippe is the Serena to the countless Carolines reading her work.”
Her first published book, Scenes from the Valley, based on real-life stories, revealed women’s choices in response to the precarious work environment in Silicon Valley. The book is still available online at Amazon and Barnes & Noble and in some local Barnes & Noble stores.
When not writing books, Karla blogs about female empowerment, spirituality, and traumatic healing at www.karlatrippe.com. She resides with her husband David and two rescue cats, Frank and Joe.