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Island Life Sentence
by Carrie Jo Howe
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GENRE: Adult Fiction, Humorous, Romantic Comedy
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BLURB:
Peg
Savage has contractually agreed to move to Key West, Florida. The smudged
signatures on the damp cocktail napkin are irrefutable proof.
“An
adventure…” her husband Clark says.
Peg
can’t swim; she’s afraid of bridges (there are 42 of them); and she doesn’t
want to leave her friends. However, after a bottle of Cabernet, a move from
Chicago to the southernmost city in the United States seems like the best
decision ever.
But
now Clark has taken a long term job in Cuba and she’s on her own.
Neither
her dog Nipper, nor the ghosts in the attic, offer up any good advice. But how
hard can it be living in paradise?
Peg
dives into island life but the more effort she makes, the wider her wake of
catastrophes. She is tortured by a paddle board, a giant poisonous toad, the
local Conservation group, and the patron saint of hurricanes. Not to mention
the persistent sweat rash under her left breast.
A
tropical depression descends on the island – one that can’t be cured with
medication. Peg must gather her strength if she has any hope of surviving the
storm.
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EXCERPT ONE:
The
next day, when Clark greeted Peg in the kitchen, his face lit up with hungover
happiness. Peg held up the still-damp paper towel contract – black ink sticking
to her index finger and thumb.
“Yes,
here’s the proof.” She dropped the drunken pact into the desk drawer on top of
the crusty remains of past contracts that refused to lie flat. She could just
make out the blotchy inked words company, job and dog on the corners of the
stacked agreements.
“It’ll
be fun, an adventure.” Clark kissed her lips, his breath a mixture of mouthwash
and sour bar towel. “I’ll make the arrangements. We can get away at the end of
the week.”
Peg
wished that he would stop saying the word adventure.
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GUEST POST:
My
goal in writing this book was to produce a light, fun, entertaining read. The
protagonist Peg moves from Chicago to Key West, Florida. She is extraordinarily
inept at dealing with change, so she’s forced to accelerate her learning
curve. Peg’s adventures stem from real
events. I am from Chicago and when my husband took a job transfer to Florida,
we moved to Key West. Yes, my dog was
almost poisoned by a Bufo Toad (they’re giant--the size of bowling balls), yes
I had a drunk bum nesting in my shrubbery, and yes I lived through a category
five hurricane named Irma. My house is haunted by Key West ghosts called haints
(there are more ghosts per capita than any other city). My haints seem friendly
enough though, and not surprisingly, have a party-like spirit.
In the spring/summer/fall months it’s hotter
than Hades down here. However, in the winter, the daily sun and 75 degree temperatures makes it easy to gloat to
friends in the frozen north. Key West
loves their festivals. The biggest draw is Fantasy Fest at the end of October every year. Lots of body
paint and glitter make up the majority of the costumes. Some people decide not
to wear costumes, in like, zero clothing. Most of those folks are long in the
tooth and saggy in the everywhere-else. Unfortunately, no matter how hard I
try, I can’t unsee those images. It’s a
seven day celebration that draws hundreds of thousands of visitors. The
tropical breeze blows a sparkly wind that week. Oh and, like Peg, I’m married,
but unlike Peg’s husband Clark - my husband is not an a**hole.
This
book is also about friendship. I treasure my women friends and, even though my
geographic location is challenging, we are closer than ever. I’m writing the second book in this series
now. Peg and her friend Trudy are stirring up more trouble in Key West.
Here’s a mini photo journey
to entice you to read Island Life Sentence and also to visit Key West!
Jimmy Buffett land -
like it or not.
White Street Pier -
just a regular Wednesday.
Well read dog.
Welcome to Paradise!
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AUTHOR BIO:
After
raising three boys in the suburbs of Chicago, Carrie Jo Howe now
lives in Key West, Florida with her husband and her dog. Her latest novel,
Island Life Sentence, is a fictional account of an American Midwestern woman
who feels like an alien in the “one human family” of Key West. Carrie Jo’s
first book, Motherhood is NOT for Babies, received a rave review (thanks Mom),
and works wonderfully as a form of contraception. Her blog Florida Keys Crime
Report, tells of all the goings on in the Keys, where bank robbers get away on
bicycles, and perps caught with undersized, pinched, out-of-season lobsters get
more jail time than drug runners. She is currently working on the sequels to
Island Life Sentence.
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