Mary Rosen is a former public school educator whose career was derailed by economic recession in the United States. While weathering the crisis, she began the work of answering difficult questions through the lens of poking a flashlight into the darkness.

During her exploration of the shadowy places, the educator in Mary was awakened by the revelation of bad ideas plaguing the country. The resulting fiction is a literary delight. From the fleeting innocence of Born on the Fourth of July to the cacophony of spirits in Second Chance, Idling delivers a lesson on the merits of personal integrity to our shared way of life.