“Book Descriptions: 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.” DRIVE