About this item
In this warm and winning first novel, a recently divorced woman rises to the challenge and experiences the exhilaration of independence with the unlikely help of her brother with Aspergers, who she takes in to help pay the rent. Seven months after her husband leaves her, Lana is still reeling. Being single means she is in charge of every part of her life, and for the first time in nineteen years, she can do things the way she always wanted to do them. But that also leaves her with all the responsibility. With two teenage childrenByron and Abby, who are each dealing with their own strugglesin a house she can barely afford on her solo salary, her new life is a balancing act made even more complicated when her brother Matt moves in. Matt has Aspergers syndrome, which makes social situations difficult for him and flexibility and change nearly impossible.
About the Author
Cassandra Dunn is the author of The Art of Adapting (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster) . She received her MFA in creative writing from Mills College. She was a semifinalist for the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, and was a finalist in Glimmer Train's Short Story Award for New Writers and Clapboard House's Best of the House short story contest. Her short stories have appeared in a dozen literary journals. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her two daughters and her dog, Toby. Her website is www.cassandradunn.com. She's on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/cassandra.a.dunn.
