Leslie Lehr Prize-Winning Author | Writing Consultant | Activist

Synopsis

Winner of the Pirates Alley Faulkner Society Gold Medal, 66 Laps was published in hardback by Villard/Random House. This special ebook edition has a forward by novelist, Brenda Janowitz.

I slapped the bitch. So begins this tale of a new mom plagued with insecurity as she suspects her husband is having an affair. Heartbroken, the slap echoes, setting in motion a chain of events that she cannot control. While her husband works in the backlots of Hollywood, Audrey swims laps in her small backyard pool and tries to make sense of her life. But all the while she is missing the point, swimming in circles. Audrey toys with vengeance in the form of a younger man, Just as she regains her strength, tragedy strikes and she gives up all hope. Ultimately, she finds that only love endures…and dives back in.

Synopsis

Sex In The City meets First Wives Club – with a modern twist. Whether you are single, married, or divorced, this story of friendship and second acts will inspire you with humor, heart and hope.

Wife Goes On is the story of four real women who are not in search of Prince Charming. They’ve been there…and are done with that. Despite the differences between a city lawyer, a Hollywood actress, a PTA President, and a midwestern homecoming queen, these women deal with children, jobs, and the new joys of sex. They find that the one thing they have in common—the D word—is more than enough to help each other launch their sizzling second acts. Over one significant summer, the new friends ditch the fairy tale and learn to live happier ever after.

From the challenges of rental apartments and restraining orders, the perils of motherhood and makeovers, scary firsts of dining alone and dating again, to the reality of losing old friends and finding new jobs, with a dash of sex toys and celebrities, this story is about four women learning what really makes them happy – and how to go after it. Wife Goes On proves that being alone is not the same as being lonely. Husbands may come and go, but friends are forever.

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How far will a mother go to protect her child?

An unsettling, emotional and suspenseful novel of the unshakable bonds of motherhood, in which Michelle Mason not only loses her memory after a deadly car crash, but can't find her 16-year-old daughter, the one person who may know what happened to the young man found in her car that day. But the deeper Michelle digs, the more she questions the innocence of everyone, even herself. A dramatic portrayal of the fragile skin of memory, What a Mother Knows is about finding the truth that can set love free.