This Familiar Heart presents the passionate and unlikely romance of popular Houston columnist and author Leon Hale and prize-winning writer Babette Fraser Hale, who was twenty-three years his junior. The story begins with their turbulent courtship, edging into partnership, and after eight years, a long marriage. It ends with Leon's difficult death during pandemic isolation in rural central Texas, and Babette's reflections and surprises after his death.
This Familiar Heart presents the passionate and unlikely romance of popular Houston columnist and author Leon Hale and prize-winning writer Babette Fraser Hale, who was twenty-three years his junior. The story begins with their turbulent courtship, edging into partnership, and after eight years, a long marriage. It ends with Leon's difficult death during pandemic isolation in rural central Texas, and Babette's reflections and surprises after his death.