A Sweet, Sunny Place

By Lynne Olivier

Middle-aged Claire's life has fallen apart. Socially phobic and childless by choice, she's fled her home in San Francisco to try to get her life back together. Her destination? Manzanillo, a coastal Mexican city she remembers fondly from her past. Once in Manzanillo, Claire meets Paloma, a gifted "dreamer" teenager mourning her mother, who died in a border crossing gone terribly wrong. Having spent most of her life in Los Angeles, Paloma is desperate to return to the city she thinks of as home. Bound by a need for companionship, Claire and Paloma discover a surprising compatibility even as both enter into new relationships. Claire meets Joe, a talented man with a gentle but possibly womanizing nature. Paloma finds herself attracted to Marco, a handsome, displaced teenager who draws her into a dangerous world-a world that threatens Claire when she tries to protect Paloma, whom she increasingly sees as a daughter. A tale of self-acceptance, friendship, and resilient love, A Sweet, Sunny Place reminds us that where we belong isn't always where we are, and our choices are often broader and more wonderful than we can imagine.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1508482578
• ISBN13: 9781508482574
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"