Four Walls and a Leaky Roof
I've finally settled on a title for
my second novel, Four Walls and a Leaky
Roof. Editor Susan Malone has had it in hand twice. I have revised and
revised. It is now in the competent hands of Createspace where it will have yet
another copy edit. We are aiming for a November publishing date. The novel
needs a descriptive subtitle. Suggestions are most welcome.
DESCRIPTION:
On a blustery winter night Tulip, a woman with a secret, flees
her husband with three children and seeks refuge with Delilah, a friend who has
a secret of her own, one that threatens their friendship.
Waitressing in a run-down diner, with no child support,
Tulip struggles to provide the basics for her children and longs to create a
home where they can be safe. Impulsively purchasing an abandoned house that she
can ill afford, she discovers that it too has suffered abuse. With her feisty, can-do
attitude she attempts to make the ailing house a home.
Warding off abusers, but falling through the cracks of a
failed social system, Tulip is propelled into the arms of a man who has little
to give. It is her neighbor Grace, a motherly woman with her own trauma and
loss, who nudges Tulip toward repairing her life.
Aided by the friendship and support of Delilah and Grace,
Tulip not only survives but discovers that she too has something to give.
