"Olive Apple"

About the Book

Olive Apple, country club matron and loving wife, discovers that that her husband, Mr. Apple, has rotten core values. He has left her for a younger woman. Her saga is a year-in-the-life, with trouble and strife. But there is laughter and joy along the way as well, with her uppity daughter, her curious grandson, Cartwright, her eccentric friend, Mili and the dog called Frog. Everyone handles heartache in their own way. Olive's coping skills include karaoke, Pimm's Cup and gentlemen callers. Will Olive survive the devastating divorce from her bad Apple? Whatever the outcome, this 1930's style screw-ball comedy is a treat.

About the Author

I have been writing fiction since childhood. I am also a Licensed Professional Counselor. "Olive Apple" is my sixth completed manuscript. I have been writing all of my life and especially during my twenty-one years as a Certified Elementary School Counselor. I have published several non-fiction pieces over the years, as well. A native Californian, I married a United States Air Force Officer and have lived in ten of the United States as well as seven and one-half years in England and The Netherlands. My late husband was a fighter pilot and his last tour of duty brought us to The Pentagon. After thirty plus years of living in the Washington DC area, I moved to central Virginia in a cottage, on a hill, just steps from water's edge. An enchanting setting for a writer of fiction. I paint in oils;, love to read, listening to the Blues and musci from the forties, fifties, sixties. I have a little dog, two grown children and three grandchildren. Life is good.