This is the first in the Tantona Trilogy, and is set in 1989.
In it, we meet three women: Mandy, a young reporter struggling with her orientation; Tina, a librarian who fears that her family's history of Huntington's disease is about to come true for her; and Cat, a platonically married bookkeeper about to launch her new-wave band.
Mandy thinks the connection only extends to their sexual orientation, but soon finds out that roots run much deeper. Can spitfire Sharron help her unravel the ties that bind?
Kelly Sinclair lives in Temple, Texas, but is a transplant from the South Plains. She has been a reporter, a rock singer-songwriter, and is currently a librarian. One of her poems appeared in the Texas Observer political magazine, and her computer-derived prints are featured in art galleries. Sinclair has worked with an experimental art-rock ensemble, written country songs for such Texas acts as the Maines Brothers, and sung backup for funk bands and bluegrass performers. In her writing, she follows a similar path of exploring her creative boundaries, writing scripts, plays, and musical song-cycles. (from the publisher's website)