LAKELAND, FLA. —  P.R. Gott Publishing has recently released “Meet Lewie,” a 172-page novel by Barbara Chaplin Dalgaard. In the book, young Lewis’s ambition and passion was to be at the family dock fishing, even into his late teens. Then along came girls, a twist of joy and sadness.

Dalgaard divides her time between Harrison in the summers and Lakeland, Fla., in the winters with her husband of many years. Her passion has been music of every form —  singing, choirs, solos, comedy gigs, ballroom dancing, square dancing and line dancing. She is a pianist and this is her first novel. 

A book signing will take place later.