The novel is a little silly, a little serious, about an American woman's post-9/11 journey to New Zealand. Here's the blurb:
Rose, a tall, bumbling American woman, travels to New Zealand to re-establish ties with her late mother’s family, navigating the otherworldly tension of traveling in the months after 9/11. With an offbeat spirit of adventure and optimism, Rose discovers the better angels not only her nature, but in those around her.
Her ill-planned adventure turns her life around, and that of Nora, her New Zealand cousin, whose family problems immediately begin to involve Rose. Nora’s elderly mother, who broke off ties with Rose’s family; Nora’s unemployed husband who confides his dreams to Rose instead of his wife; and Nora’s brother whose emotional meltdown when losing the family farm all challenge Rose to face her family’s past and try to mend a bitter loss.
A sudden romance with the farm manager with the mysterious past of his own was not on her original agenda. She is anxious about continuing it lest she repeat mistakes her American father and New Zealand mother made. Armed with old family letters, Rose also manages to trace her mother’s footsteps as a World War II government agricultural worker, or Land Girl. In a moment of crisis, the information Rose learns from her mother’s letters might prevent a tragedy in Nora’s family.
Available through Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble.com, and currently FREE at Smashwords.
4 comments:
Jacqueline, THE CURRENT RATE OF EXCHANGE sounds like a fascinating tale! I clicked on your Smashwords link and mentioned it on Twitter and Facebook. Good luck; it does my heart good when terrific writers like you get the attention you deserve!
Thank you, Dorian. You are more gracious and kind than I actually do deserve. Whether or not any of us indies get any attention at all, you and I both know there's only one direction to go now: forward.
I plan on reading this, too. Jacqueline. But maybe the science fiction one first. I curious. :)
Thank you so much, Yvette. My word, but you're a glutton for punishment.
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