Santa's Daughter

Patricia Yellig Koch has written an honest and compelling portrayal of a time and place where women in rural America typically married young and devoted themselves to their home. But Koch wanted more and so chose a different path, one defying the expectations of many. But each step in her life journey provided the experiences necessary to go forward. From hiding liquor from revenuers at her parents’ bar growing up in a small town in Southern Indiana to meeting presidents, senators and congressmen, her life has spanned close to a century and is a story of courage, trauma, transcendence, and resilience, of motherhood, marriage, career, and faith. It takes us into a world lost in time and into the life of a woman who was determined to forge her own destiny.

Paperback. 159 pages. 2022, M.T. Publishing. By Patricia Koch and Jane Ammeson.