Joy after Noon By Debra Jeter

Joy marries a widowed bank executive caught in an ethical dilemma. She misreads his obvious frustration while at the same time, struggles to integrate into her new family. This novel explores the challenges of second marriages and dealing with stepchildren during the crucial years of puberty and teenage angst. A college professor coming up shortly for the huge tenure decision, Joy finds herself falling apart as her career and her home issues deteriorate and collide. The truth about Ray’s relationship with his first wife hovers in the background adding to Joy’s difficulty in adapting to her new life.

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Debra Coleman Jeter has published both fiction and nonfiction in popular magazines, including Working Woman, New Woman, Self, Savvy, and American Baby. Her first novel, The Ticket, was a finalist for a Selah Award. Her story, “Recovery,” was awarded first prize in a short story competition sponsored by Christian Woman; and Pshaw, It’s Me Grandson was a finalist in the USA Book News Awards. She is a co-writer of the screenplay for Jess + Moss, a feature film which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, screened at nearly forty film festivals around the world, and captured several international awards. Her newest novel, Joy After Noon, is the first in the Sugar Sands series. The second, Song of Sugar Sands, is expected to be published later in 2019.