Those Gilmore Girls?
Nope! I'm not talking about Lorelai and Rory Gilmore from the popular TV show Gilmore Girls. I'm talking about MY Gilmore girls- Tess and Eva Gilmore, the main characters in Feathers in the Sand (my new novel-that-stirs-heart-and-soul, coming out next summer).
Single mom Tess is 41; Eva is 11; and their mother-daughter relationship has hit the skids due to the last four years of Tess working full time and going to night school. Eva has come to rely on her big brother Micah and her best friend Charli for homework help, emotional support, and fun. But what happens when Charli's family moves across the country, and Micah makes a life decision that forces Tess to make big changes of her own?
Tess has always wanted a "Gilmore Girls" type of relationship with Eva, but it's simply not happening. With the changes Tess is making in their lives—including a move three states away to Seahaven, Maine—she's feeling closer than ever to her daughter. Throw in an appearance from Tess's first love, new friends for Eva, mysterious feathers that keep appearing in places where feathers aren't usually seen, Micah's unexpected need for help, a runaway cat, and letters from Charli that are going unanswered... and these Gilmore girls will need to work extra hard to find their way back to each other!
I'm well into the fourth draft revision of Feathers in the Sand now, and am hoping to get it in the hands of Beta readers in November at some point so that I can make final revisions and edits at the beginning of 2022. Who knows? It might even be published sooner than the summer. Stay tuned!
