SENSIBLE SHOES
Cindy Causey
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GENRE: Women's Fiction
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BLURB:
At
her fiftieth birthday party, Tess Thomason, a plain-Jane, divorced mother and
decidedly unprepared women’s newspaper columnist, is blindsided by her
well-meaning family with a stack of gift cards she interprets as meaning she’s
fat, frumpy, and wrinkled. Facing a lonely future and failing career, Tess
embarks on a journey of self-discovery, taking her readers along for the ride.
But her resolve is nearly derailed by a hilarious season of family chaos that
includes a surprise pregnancy, rushed wedding, and unexpected houseguests. In
the midst of it all, Tess is drawn into a confusing new relationship with a man
who is impossibly perfect for her. But if she can keep herself, her family, and
her willpower firmly seated on the crazy roller coaster of her life, maybe Tess
will find her own self-worth and a new love in the bargain.
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EXCERPT
“Tess, Tess,
I’m not expecting you to write like Sylvia. I’m not even expecting you to write
about fashion. What I have in mind is a column to women, for women, about
women. Real women. Like one of those influencers on the Internet. You
know…funny, wise, poignant, and… relevant.”
The creeping
dread, now fully formed, tossed a grenade into my stomach. She might as well
have asked me to write like Shakespeare. “You want me to be funny, wise,
poignant, and…relevant? Are you insane?”
Okay, I may
have stepped over the line with that last bit, because Ruth’s face twisted a
little in the ominous way I had seen so often just before she pounded her fist
on the desk. “Just write the damn thing, Tess. I don’t care if you’re funny,
wise, poignant, or what was the other thing?”
“Relevant,” I
murmured.
“Relevant, for
God’s sake. Just do it. I need a column for the women’s page starting next
week, and you’re it. Write about what you know. Family. Food. The laundry.
You’ve got family. You’ve got laundry. It’ll be a cinch.”
“But—”
“No buts. Just
do it. It’ll be good for you. You need to get out of your rut.” She turned her
attention to her computer screen.
As if in a
trance, I rose from the chair and turned to leave. “Oh, Tess?” she said without
looking at me.
“Yes?” Maybe
she’s changed her mind; she saw my outfit, and she changed her mind.
“Happy
birthday.”
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AUTHOR BIO:
Cindy
Causey taught herself to type in the 8th grade because she couldn't write in
her diary fast enough in longhand. A
degree and career in advertising were the result. A fifteen-year stint as a copy chief at
JCPenney Catalog led to the position of
Internet Marketing Manager for JCPenney.com.
After
20 years at JCPenney, Cindy retired in December, 2007, and began working full
time with her husband Scott in their multi-media production company, Dallas
Media Center. They specialized in audio/video production and editing, vintage
media transfer to DVD and CD, as well as website design and hosting. Cindy shuttered the company in 2021, three
years after Scott passed away.
After
her first book, a non-fiction work called Cherish the Gift: a Congregational
Guide to Earth Stewardship, was published, Cindy began writing fiction. She found her voice in romance, the stories
of the struggles two people endure on the road to happily ever-after. Her debut
novel, A Different Drum was published in May 2009 by The Wild Rose Press,
followed by A Hot Time in Texas that same year.
In
early 2025, her latest novel, Sensible Shoes, a humorous look at a woman
struggling with life after 50, was published by The Wild Rose Press. It will be followed in late 2025 by a
romantic suspense novel entitled Saving Samantha.
Cindy
makes her home in Dallas, Texas. In
addition to writing, she enjoys traveling and spending time with her 5 grown
children and 4 grandchildren. She would
like to see the edges of the entire world from the deck of a cruise ship.
BLOG: https://thewidowwoman.com/
WEBSITE: https://cindycausey.com/
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GIVEAWAY
Cindy
Causey will be awarding a $20 Amazon/BN gift card to a randomly drawn winner.
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