An Invitation to the Party
"Trust me, this is an invitation you want to accept." —Katrina Kittle, author of The Kindness of Strangers
Garnet, a poet, resides in the fictional western New York village of Haven. Retired bookstore manager, she is a loving sister, bitter ex-wife, devoted aunt, failure as a mother, and doting owner of an imperious Great Pyrenees, Vera. Her increasingly confused ex, the philandering Bowie, lives down the street where he is having second thoughts about their split. Garnet will turn seventy in a few months and she wants no fuss made. Her family is determined to ignore her wishes and throw a big surprise party. Things do not go well.
MJ Werthman White is a prize-winning Ohio artist, poet, and fiction writer. Her poetry collection, How the Universe Says Yes to Me, was published in April 2017. An Invitation to the Party is her first novel. In her spare time, she enjoys painting watercolors. She lives in Xenia, Ohio with her husband and the good dog, Zaza.