By Jo Dereske
Librarian extraordinaire leave out Helma Zukas wakes up at the morning of her forty-second birthday within the throes of multiple midlife obstacle. Her championing a set of neighborhood authors' works ignites a firestorm of jealousy and anger in Bellehaven. She's blackmailed via her conniving boss, library director could Apple Moon, into attending team counseling classes - and of the individuals take place lifeless. An obnoxiously bubbly new librarian is popping the pinnacle of Helma's longtime admirer, Police leader Wayne Gallant. And worst of all, her uncuddly tom cat significant other, Boy Cat Zukas disappears.
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Bows and gaily decorated wrapping paper peeked over the edge. BOOKMARKED TO DIE 27 “But I thought we were celebrating this weekend,” Helma said. Her mother’s hair was a new, brighter shade of blond and she wore yellow slacks that were surprisingly snug. ” In a month, Aunt Em would be celebrating her own eighty-eighth birthday. Through a series of unsettling twists and turns, first Helma’s mother had moved to Bellehaven from Michigan, then Aunt Em. ” Helma’s mother led Aunt Em to two chairs directly in front of the podium, directly in Helma’s line of vision.
He never did give me back my sleeping bag,” the man continued. “The Local Author collection will be housed on designated oak shelving made by a fine local carpenter,” Helma interjected. ” a voice called from the back. “I’ve had two books published on the Internet. ” “We have Internet computers,” Helma tried. “That doesn’t mean they were good books,” someone else said. ” a woman asked, raising her hand at the same time. “I know it’s going to happen soon, though. ” “Oh, don’t do that,” another woman warned.
She and Boy Cat Zukas had formed an uneasy relationship based on propinquity and a truce of mutual tolerance. She cast a last glance around her apartment, mentally checking that her furnishings were in order, the twenty-five-watt bulb over the stove turned on, her curtains closed. All this she did automatically, missing the 26 JO DERESKE little stab of pleasure she normally felt at leaving order in her wake. It wasn’t a crisis at all, she thought as she tucked the piece of paper listing Ms. Moon’s group sessions into her slotted mail holder where she filed specious solicitations for money.