A Second Line Down Bourbon Street - Book Description

 

Experience life in New Orleans’ historic French Quarter in this dual timeline story of a grandmother and her granddaughter as they search for happiness, love, and hope.

1942: Twenty-one-year-old Betty dreams of becoming a writer and seeing the world beyond her family’s Pennsylvania farm. But with war looming and her new husband, Bob, preparing to leave for naval service, her future seems decided for her.

When the chance comes to travel with Bob to New Orleans before he ships out, Betty seizes it. What begins as a temporary adventure soon becomes something far more life-changing – a chance to discover who she is beyond the expectations of family, marriage, and small-town life.

2014: At forty years old, Ava should be celebrating now that she’s cancer-free.

But the life she knew before her breast cancer diagnosis is unraveling. Her long-term relationship has recently ended, and she is fired from the career she devoted twenty years to building. 

After her grandmother Betty’s death, Ava discovers a journal and some mysterious keepsakes that reveal a hidden chapter of Betty’s life.

Inspired by her grandmother’s journey, Ava travels to New Orleans in search of answers.

Can the unknowns Ava learns about her gram’s life help Ava find a way to celebrate life and to love again herself?

21 thoughts on “Book Description”

  2. This sounds like an amazingly uplifting story at a time when so many are needing hope and a reason to celebrate life. The backdrop of New Orleans will serve as a magical setting for such a story to unfold.

  9. I love dual parallel stories with one character in the present and one in the past. Excited to read more and learn some about New Orleans.

  12. I’m excited to meet these women and to explore New Orleans through their eyes! I can’t wait to read your new historical novel!

  13. This sounds SO good! I can’t wait to read it and I know this also something my book club would love to read!!!

  16. I cannot wait to hold this in my hands and dog ear the pages. I’m sucked in to Ava’s story and can’t wait to read how it unfolds!!

  17. Sounds like a book I would love to read. Something so special about a relationship between a grandmother and granddaughter- as we know! So proud of you!

  20. This looks great! As a New Orleanian transplant I already feel connected to the characters!

  21. If the new book is anything like your past works, I know it’ll be wonderful! Congrats, can’t wait to read it!

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