Mary Anna Parker grew up in a small, southern 1950s town, but the adventures and trials of life have taken their toll and separated her from the idyllic settings of her youth. Mental health issues that ran in her family have become all too evident in her own life, and have drawn her into an emotional maelstrom-far from her home on Magnolia Drive. MF ErlerPeaksAndBeyond.comBook 3, Journeys and Beyond Novel.