Runaway Mama
Sheila Williams' debut
novel is a solid winner. You are entered into a world where a mother has had
all that she can take. Who feels that there has to be more to life than
caring for her grown kids, and their children. What does the rest of the
world look like? What might be out there for her?
Juanita Lewis leaves
behind her children and grandchild to head West. Where she's going she does
not know, but what she finds is not what she expected. She walks into the
Paper Moon Diner for something to eat and ends up staying for months. Here
she meets a nice rainbow of characters. A landlady who communicates with her
dead husbands through her cats, a ghost who may or may not have killed her
cheating husband, and an ole Injun who's not only set in his ways, but turns
out to need Juanita more than he bargained for.
Sheila Williams shows her
talent of being a great storyteller. She draws you into the world of Paper
Moon, Montana and makes you care and wonder: Will Juanita stay? Will she
continue on her journey west? Will she give into the pleas of her children
and return home? Has she found the freedom she was seeking? I recommend this
book for anyone afraid of finding themselves; to see that at the end of
the journey they will find a true gem.
Jacki
