Excerpt from Renaissance Season by Rebecca Groff
29/02/08 14:10
Thirty-two year old Carlotta Jones’ life is held
together by duct tape, literally and figuratively.
Her daily routine seems locked in a pattern of
co-existing with various pets, and
working several jobs to maintain her independent
lifestyle since the tragic death of her parents, the
abandonment of her college studies and the
unexplained desertion by her fiancé. But the arrival
of a new neighbor, a tenacious Jamaican woman
called Jerico Williams, turns Carlotta’s life upside
down over the course of one hot Iowa summer, forcing
her to confront the truth about realities and dreams
too long forgotten.
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