I'm looking for some energetic readers to check out my novel Mid-June, about a 26 year old woman in search of her true self. Here's a brief description:
Twenty-six year old June had high hopes that domestic bliss with her older boyfriend George would give her life direction. She’s in love with his unpretentious life, his Cuban jazz, and his wild yard she’s tamed so beautifully with her burgeoning gardening skills. But when he unexpectedly reunites with his wife, June, heartbroken and sour, returns to the overlong adolescence of her hipster generation. A month later, George’s wife Erin shows up at the restaurant where June works and tells her that George, a recovering alcoholic, started drinking again and has died in a car accident. Grief-stricken, Erin has a proposition for June: finish the gardens so the house can go on the market, and June can have a free place to live. June, illegally subletting a room downtown, needs stable housing and is eager to spend more time in George’s house, mourning among his things. So even though the idea of living with his wife is crazy, she agrees.
Then a Twitter-organized gathering of hundreds of teenagers explodes in violence outside of the restaurant where June waits tables, and after she watches a young boy bring a brick down on Erin’s face, she becomes the city’s star witness to the vicious assault. June must figure out what she owes Erin, and whether she has the guts to testify against a twelve year old boy who will be charged as an adult. She stumbles into a protest at City Hall where the boy is hailed as a martyr, and experiences a clash of youthful activism and stubborn white bigotry. She also meets Erin’s grown son, a big fish in the Occupy movement, and as June finds herself drawn to him, she also wonders whether his political convictions are sincere. And she’s pretty sure that Erin, hospitalized with critical injuries, is hiding something big, but what is it?
Moving through the backyards of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to the jazz clubs and underground economy of Havana, Cuba, MID-JUNE picks up where the HBO series Girls leaves off as the story of a young woman trapped in the inertia of her generation, distracting herself when she should be making choices about her future. The novel explores how confusing the adult world can be, especially when one hasn’t yet made a decision to be a part of it. In the end, June succeeds in the difficult and rewarding process of forging an independent identity and building a life for herself.
I'm looking for some energetic readers to check out my novel Mid-June, about a 26 year old woman in search of her true self. Here's a brief description:
Twenty-six year old June had high hopes that domestic bliss with her older boyfriend George would give her life direction. She’s in love with his unpretentious life, his Cuban jazz, and his wild yard she’s tamed so beautifully with her burgeoning gardening skills. But when he unexpectedly reunites with his wife, June, heartbroken and sour, returns to the overlong adolescence of her hipster generation. A month later, George’s wife Erin shows up at the restaurant where June works and tells her that George, a recovering alcoholic, started drinking again and has died in a car accident. Grief-stricken, Erin has a proposition for June: finish the gardens so the house can go on the market, and June can have a free place to live. June, illegally subletting a room downtown, needs stable housing and is eager to spend more time in George’s house, mourning among his things. So even though the idea of living with his wife is crazy, she agrees.
Then a Twitter-organized gathering of hundreds of teenagers explodes in violence outside of the restaurant where June waits tables, and after she watches a young boy bring a brick down on Erin’s face, she becomes the city’s star witness to the vicious assault. June must figure out what she owes Erin, and whether she has the guts to testify against a twelve year old boy who will be charged as an adult. She stumbles into a protest at City Hall where the boy is hailed as a martyr, and experiences a clash of youthful activism and stubborn white bigotry. She also meets Erin’s grown son, a big fish in the Occupy movement, and as June finds herself drawn to him, she also wonders whether his political convictions are sincere. And she’s pretty sure that Erin, hospitalized with critical injuries, is hiding something big, but what is it?
Moving through the backyards of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to the jazz clubs and underground economy of Havana, Cuba, MID-JUNE picks up where the HBO series Girls leaves off as the story of a young woman trapped in the inertia of her generation, distracting herself when she should be making choices about her future. The novel explores how confusing the adult world can be, especially when one hasn’t yet made a decision to be a part of it. In the end, June succeeds in the difficult and rewarding process of forging an independent identity and building a life for herself.