Cynthia Dennis, left, with friend, Nancy MacKenzie, enjoying Katie's waffles at last week's poker breakfast.Cynthia Dennis, our breakfast guest last week, is the author of "Sunflower Sinner" an expose of politics in Kansas. She's a member of the notorious Saddlebrooke Ladies Adventure Club (SLAC) and shows great promise as a poker player, Kathleen says.
Her book is about her father, whose greatest ambition was to become governor of Kansas, but hitched his wagon to the wrong political stars. Her reminiscence is a tribute and indictment of her politician father, according to Roy Bird, of the Kansas Center for the Book. "Her book offers a true life literary coming-of-age story, and a bittersweet memoir of a forgotten time in Kansas," he said.
If you check the Cynthia Dennis web site, you'll find that she "is an award-winning journalist, and graduate of the University of Kansas. She spent nearly two decades as a feature writer and columnist for Wisconsin’s largest newspaper, taught journalism while obtaining a master’s degree in mass communications at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and has written for magazines, radio and television." All this, and now, my gracious, a soon-to-be poker maven.
THE SUNFLOWER SINNER is available for purchase by mail. For the best value, order it for $16, inclusive of shipping plus any applicable taxes by sending your check payment of $16, payable to Cynthia Dennis, to: Cynthia Dennis, 4105 Stonewood Ct, Brookfield, WI 53045
