Stormy weather

a wry, wise new novel of southern dreams and second chances. on the morning of her birthday, vonda thayer awakes from her american dream to realize she?s living a domestic nightmare. she plays happy homemaker to two whiny, self-absorbed teenagers, a ranting, divorced monster-in-law, and her knocked-up oldest daughter, who?s just moved home to escape a deadbeat boyfriend. in her free time, vonda stalks her no-good husband and his bimbo du jour. and now her ailing, cantankerous father-in- law?the monster?s very estranged ex?needs a nursemaid and a place to recover. vonda seriously needs to replace that white picket fence with barbed wire. when a hurricane rips through north florida, it threatens to tear her already fragile family completely apart. it?s up to vonda to help them weather the storm and learn a few survival instincts in the process. the sun?s going down on this desperate housewife, and dawn?s breaking on a new, improved vonda thayer?