She Painted the Front of the Church
The story of an older women
who travels to a fictional Easter European
country ( Milokistan) to teach English as a
Second Language and ends up having
numerous affairs with younger men.
Cultural differences provide for amusing and
entertaining twists to this comedic tale.
The Strawberry Millstone
Carla Carlucci has concealed her strawberry
phobia from her husband and three children for
many years. Eventually, while trying to resolve
the issue of her phobia by herself, she meets and
becomes involved with a psychiatrist who agrees
to help her in secret. They fall in love and
their love affair provides the setting for unanticipated
drama in this psychological thriller novel.
The Company of Brookfield
Brookfield, Virginia is a company town, dominated
by the company owner who has embraced racial segregation,
among other forms of social control as a way of life in his town.
He is also against unions and benefits of any kind for his workers.
He has a fetish for outhouses which become the unifying symbol
of the novel. Thus, the outhouse touches the lives of all of the
main characters in dramatically different ways. This is a tale of
suspense and intrigue.