The Last Train West
Jean Prestbroten is a retired local news journalist and short story writer. "The Last Train West" is her first novel.      Raised in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, Jean now lives in Orfordville, Wisconsin with her husband Sven.      Jean has occupied herself over the years as a volunteer Emergency Medical Technician, a teaching assistant for educationally challenged youth, and a church youth director; she has also helped host exchange students from Paris, France, Salzburg Austria, and Sarajevo, Bosnia/Herzegovina.      She has devoted much of her time to raising their daughter, Sarah, and now enjoys spending time with their grandchildren Christopher, Ashley, and Megan. For 38 years, Jean was the home support for her husband, while he was a long haul semi driver. Now that he is retired, he is being supportive of her desire to be a novel writer.     It is Sven’s mother who was the inspiration for her first novel, "The Last Train West."