Marbeth Skwarczynski

Twists, Turns, & Curves Marbeth Skwarczynski

Caroline Taft did her best to live a life of service and sacrifice, "above reproach," but when her teaching career at Benchmark Baptist Christian School is cut short, she discovers that she hasn't lived much of a life at all. Despite going on visitation every Saturday, teaching Sunday school, singing in the choir, directing children's music, leading Wednesday's Bible club, and, of course, teaching fourth grade (her actual job), it isn't enough to keep her on. She wonders if it isn't what she has or hasn't done or if it's her weight. Caroline is one of the few plus-sized women in her church and the only one on staff. Despite her discipline and hard work, her weight has made her a target. She has no savings, no apartment of her own, and her only close friend is the fellow teacher assigned to be her roommate. Her love life is non-existent. But maybe, just maybe, this abrupt change is just what she needs to break out of the mold she's was shoved into for so long. It's time for a new job, new clothes, a new home, and a new chance at love. Maybe it's even time to approach Ty Lang, the uncle of one of her students and a man she's secretly admired for two years. He's kind, successful, and sweet-and entirely out of her league. Her life may hold some twists and turns, but now it's time for Caroline to throw some curves of her own.