Lunch Bucket Lists

Book excerpt: Lunch Bucket Lists explores themes of honesty, vulnerability and forgiveness among friends. Orchid, Laura, Elizabeth and Clarissa love living full-time in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware's popular vacation destination. They meet for lunch after Zumba class each week to discuss their goals, concerns and anything that's happening in their lives. All are talented and mature women whose strengths see them through the muck that results when their respective foibles collide - secrets, lies, unexpected romances, even a bit of shoplifting. Laura's charming new women's shop, a missing necklace and an interfering mother with a psychic consultant create more challenges and intrigue for the four. The Atlantic Ocean provides a backdrop of stability as the women progress toward their bucket list goals and maintain their supportive alliance. As in real life, serious and humorous situations are intertwined, to be enjoyed or endured with good friends.