Out Of The Loop

By Patricia Ann Butler

Susanna is afraid to leave her comfortable home, even though she has a new college degree, a new job in the Adirondacks, and the freedom to choose her next path in life. Trouble is, she has no plan, no experience, no real friends. Her weight gain is a red flag that some things in her life do not fit what fate wants her to do. Can she shed not only what is weighing her down, but also find a driving passion to help direct her on her new journey as an adult? Facing a new future means leaving a controlling Jewish father, a broken engagement, and a comfortable life style. Her new friends will give her new ideas, new experiences that will help her grow, but also break her heart. She will also face challenges that will finally awaken the tiger sleeping in her soul. She will question her beliefs, her goals, and her pre-conceived ideas of people, places, and who she thought she was. Recipes are included that helped nourish her physically and enabled her to form long-lasting, true friendships in the small village of Lake Placid , a place she has found has a big heart, many secrets, deep loyalties, and an invisible circle that protects its people as well as draws everyone who leaves, back to its center. Susanna has choices, decisions, and dilemmas that she has no idea she will encounter in her year of working as a bartendress at her Uncle Mort's luxurious mountain inn, The Lodge. She will meet people from all walks of life and social status there, while she makes up her mind as to what she will do with the next phase of her life. Susanna Cohen is smart, funny, overweight, and a mess at the beginning of this story. Will she be able to live in the Adirondacks, away from the life she was used to, and a family who made most of her decisions for 21 years? Will her new friends help or hinder her in her search for the real Jewish girl from Western New York who may want to find a place in the mountains? Or will the loyalties of the people in the community to each other be so strong as to keep her out of their loop?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1480242527
• ISBN13: 9781480242524
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 5.5"