Sweet Jane

by Joanne Kukanza Easley

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Pub Date Mar 19 2020 | Archive Date Nov 30 2020

Black Rose Writing

Literary Fiction | Women's Fiction

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Description

A drunken mother makes childhood ugly. Jane runs away at sixteen, determined to leave her fraught upbringing in the rearview. Vowing never to return, she hitchhikes to California, right on time for the Summer of Love. Seventeen years later, she looks good on paper: married, grad school, sober, but her carefully constructed life is crumbling. When Mama dies, Jane returns for the funeral, leaving her husband in the dark about her history. Seeing her childhood home and significant people from her youth catapults Jane back to the events that made her the woman she is. She faces down her past and the ghosts that shaped her family. A stunning discovery helps Jane see her problems through a new lens.

A Note From the Publisher

Joanne Kukanza Easley, born in Chicago, Illinois, has adopted Texas as her home. She lives in the Texas Hill Country on a small ranch with her husband, three rescue terriers, and abundant wildlife. Retired from a career in nursing—with dual specialties in the cold, clinical operating room, and the intense, emotional world of psychiatric nursing—she devotes her time to writing fiction.

Joanne Kukanza Easley, born in Chicago, Illinois, has adopted Texas as her home. She lives in the Texas Hill Country on a small ranch with her husband, three rescue terriers, and abundant wildlife...

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A Note From the Publisher

Joanne Kukanza Easley, born in Chicago, Illinois, has adopted Texas as her home. She lives in the Texas Hill Country on a small ranch with her husband, three rescue terriers, and abundant wildlife. Retired from a career in nursing—with dual specialties in the cold, clinical operating room, and the intense, emotional world of psychiatric nursing—she devotes her time to writing fiction.

Advance Praise

2019 Faulkner/Wisdom Writing Award Finalist
“With an authentic voice and a true sense of place, Joanne Kukanza Easley delivers a powerful read in Sweet Jane.” –Johnnie Bernhard, award-winning author of A Good Girl, How We Came to Be “A multi-layered tale of a woman’s search for her place in the world despite the challenges of growing up with an alcoholic mother.” –Francis Hicks, author of The Long Ride: Learning About Life from an Outlaw Biker