Angela Ruane

Late Adjustments: a Story of Love, Grace and Courage Angela Ruane

Publisher Marketing: What happens when the first blush of youth is gone and we enter our middle years only to find that, instead of slowing down, life is as changeable, tragic, and funny as ever? Late Adjustments tells the story of three sisters, Beth, Esther, and Lucinda as they navigate their way through some big changes in their personal lives, while, at the same time, embarking on a venture to set up a business together. BETH JOHNSON and her sister ESTHER have been pushed into taking their first steps in the world of business by their bossy younger sister, LUCINDA, despite having their hands full dealing with some big challenges in their already full lives. Beth, a beautiful divorcee, must make up her mind whether to marry BILL LEVINSTON, Blackcove's retired sheriff, or rekindle her romance with TED MCINTYRE, her college sweetheart who has made it clear he wants her back in his life. Esther, a high school teacher, has her hands full raising her granddaughter while she struggles to cope with the changes in her husband DONALD who is experiencing frequent lapses of memory. Lucinda, serial- entrepreneur and battle hardened since her divorce, is determined to never let another man get the upper-hand in her life. As the youngest, and most business-savvy, she feels duty bound to make her sisters as financially dynamic as herself. But when Beth wants to create a business that is not-for-profit, and Esther agrees with her, Lucinda realizes she has her work cut out to save her sisters from themselves.