The Skissley Diaries

Skissley lives a sheltered 1950s childhood on a Nebraska farm until ills from the "outside" infiltrate her world, shatter her naive beliefs and propel her on a quest for understanding.

Skissley consistently soldiers on throughout many adversities. Yet the humble teenager remains oblivious to this--or any other--remarkable trait she possesses! Inexplicably, so, too, do all others around her!

Skissley's childlike simplicity often gives others, notably her mother, the impression that she is simpleminded. No one suspects that a wellspring of profound thought is actually what lies within the child!

Skissley has always been wise beyond her years, but a tumultuous 1962 is the catalyst that forces her to grow by quantum leaps and bounds physically, mentally, and spiritually!

Skissley's high school joy is short-lived, yet she cannot determine the more sorrowful reason: Mama's stinging rebuke of her talking about school—or the death of a beloved fellow student!