Olive Oil and White Bread

Olive Oil and White Bread

<div><p>Praise for Georgia Beers's <I>96 Hours</I>:</p><p>"<I>96 Hours</I> is a page-turner. . . . It is a riveting story rich with detail."€"<I>EDGE Boston</I></P><p>What happens to lovers after the happy-ever-after moment? What goes on behind the closed doors of a relationship once the commitment is made? What does romance turn into when the hands of time keep turning? <I>Olive Oil and White Bread</I> is a novel that dares to answer those questions.</p><p>Angie Righetti is the daughter of a sprawling but close-knit Italian American family. She's out and they're proud.</P><p>Jillian Clark's family is the white bread to Angie's olive oil. Stoic and emotionally buttoned up, they don't want to think about Jillian's sexuality.</P><p>It's 1988 when they move in together, on the brink of starting their careers. Like every couple at the start of their life together, they expect to live happily ever after.</P><p>And for twenty-three years life happens: they change jobs, buy a house, get a dog, and deal with money issues and the death of a parent. They fight, love, cry, play, make mistakes, have regrets, and try to be good to each other and to everybody else. Like most of us they tumble into a routine that turns into a rut that leads to distraction and danger.</P><p>In <I>96 Hours</I> Georgia Beers gave herself the challenge of writing a romance set in the immediate aftermath of 9/11. And she succeeded, coming up with a book that garnered awards and great reviews. She returns with a new challenge€"writing a romance that starts, rather than ends, with the happy-ever-after.<br></div>