Dancing on the Edge of the Roof - Hardcover

Sheila Williams

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0345448731 ISBN 13: 9780345448736

Publisher: Ballantine Publishing Group, 2002

Synopsis

One woman's struggle to overcome her own inhibitions based on her upbringing to lead her into a new life.

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From the Inside Flap

At forty-one, Juanita Lewis is running away from home, courtesy of a one-way ticket to Montana, a place that seems about as far away from the violence and poverty of the Columbus, Ohio, projects as the moon. She wants adventure and excitement-if such things exist for a pre-menopausal African American woman with three grown, deadbeat children.
Juanita's new life in Paper Moon, Montana, begins at a local diner where a culinary face-off with chef and owner Jess Gardiner finds Juanita in front of Jess's stove serving up home cookin' that lures the townsfolk like a magic spell. And suddenly Juanita, who was just passin' through, now has a job by popular demand.
Out here in this wide-open space, Juanita's heart can no longer hide, especially when she sees herself through the eyes of the wonderful and eccentric people of this down-to-earth town. She's happy in Paper Moon; she's found a home, but can she stay? And then there's Jess. She has always dreamed of romance, but she never planned on falling in love.

From the Back Cover

“Dancing on the Edge of the Roof kept my heart and mind dancing through the pages. Sheila Williams, with her talent for detailed storytelling, expertly takes the reader on a poignant and humorous quest for self.”
–LORI BRYANT-WOOLRIDGE
Author of Read Between the Lies

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0345448731
• ISBN 13: 9780345448736
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224