Patti R. Albaugh, Ph.D., grew up in the small town of Mount Vernon, Ohio, where her family operated a department store for generations. A retired educator, she lives in Tucson, Arizona, where she f...view morePatti R. Albaugh, Ph.D., grew up in the small town of Mount Vernon, Ohio, where her family operated a department store for generations. A retired educator, she lives in Tucson, Arizona, where she focuses her creativity on writing and genealogy research. She is the author of the blog, Main Street Merchant, a historical perspective on department and dry goods stores of the early 20th century and Treat Gently, This Gentle Man: A Daughter’s Prayers in paperback. The Ups and Downs of Miss Margaret Landings is her first novel.view less