Heart of the Watermelon is a not your typical grandmother’s tale, twined around a river-rafting adventure in the Grand Canyon. It’s laced with vignettes of uncertainty, faith, courage, love and the humor it takes to follow one’s inner intuitions. Stories from her deep southern heritage in New Orleans, life in an ashram in India, and things realized in Oklahoma as the wife of a prominent Judge are reflected in an easy writing style sprinkled with humor and insights.