Reclaimed Baggage

<p><strong><em>She built her family on little white lies. Now the truth wants a turn. </em></strong></p><p></p><p>Barbara is a widow a recent retiree and a liar. She tells lies like she drinks hot coffee-easily and often. <em>Yes this macaroni salad is homemade. Yes I love your new dress. Yes my children have the same father. </em>The way Barbara sees it lying can help smooth out life's bumpiest roads. She would know; she's been walking them as long as she can remember.</p><p>Now her three kids are independent and grown and Barbara's helpful lies are catching up with her. She blames everything but herself: bad luck stubborn children who no longer listen to their mother questionable advances like DNA testing. And when her oldest daughter Jenna announces her plans to carry a baby for another couple Barbara feels compelled to intervene. She doesn't want Jenna leaving a trail of regret-she knows a little something about that.</p><p></p><p>Enter Stewart a recovered alcoholic who doesn't lie about anything. At first Barbara closes herself off to the idea of romance but Stewart is persistent and patient. Barbara begins to wonder if maybe she's capable of change after all this time. To keep her family together she might have to try.</p><p></p><p><strong>Praise for Katie O'Rourke:</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>In what is becoming her signature style Katie explores interwoven relationships with kindness and insight.-Cass McMain author of <em>Gringo</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Family orientated drama with a dark thoughtful edge.-Kevin Keely author of <em>A Fistful of Salt</em></strong></p>