Carolyn Chute has had many disappointments throughout her life, but now she is doing something about it. She connects with people similar to her through her novels and through her organizations. She also connects to people who have not felt her pain, because in her novels every word expresses one of her life’s hardships. Carolyn Chute was a high school dropout at age 16, and almost immediately married and gave birth to her first child. Unfortunately this first marriage ended in a divorce, and the quality of her life and the life of her f ....