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In Harmony, Nebraska, no one paid much attention to Jude Jenkins, the girl who lived in the incinerator of an abandoned building. No one except for her best friend Alison Bouchard. Alison knew of the abuse Jude suffered at the hands of her father, and how she made her escape. When Jude disappeared more than twenty years ago, Alison thought she had run away to New Orleans.
Now, as Alison’s life in Minneapolis begins to crumble and the tension in her longtime relationship begins to rise, Alison is faced with the news that Jude’s skeletal remains have been found. But Jude’s secrets didn’t die on the day of her suicide. When Alison returns to Harmony for the burial, she steps into the memories of the long-ago past and begins to fear that she may have caused Jude’s death.
Betrayal, lust, and guilt weave through this novel that transcends time, as Alison Bouchard struggles to find freedom from the life she has built and the lies she lives.
"Patti Frazee’s great wisdom is in knowing that coming of age doesn’t stop with adolescence. In Out of Harmony, secrets from the past and present collide to force Frazee’s mid-life protagonist, Alison Bouchard, to take stock of her life. With humanizing detail, a judicious sprinkling of wit, and a sweeping sense of place from Minneapolis to a small Nebraska town to New Orleans, Frazee’s probing work is an ode to the power of the imagination and the on-going quest for identity. Anyone who has struggled to rethink who you are and what you know will resonate. And cheer."
--Pamela Carter Joern, author of The Floor of the Sky and The Plain Sense of Things
Now, as Alison’s life in Minneapolis begins to crumble and the tension in her longtime relationship begins to rise, Alison is faced with the news that Jude’s skeletal remains have been found. But Jude’s secrets didn’t die on the day of her suicide. When Alison returns to Harmony for the burial, she steps into the memories of the long-ago past and begins to fear that she may have caused Jude’s death.
Betrayal, lust, and guilt weave through this novel that transcends time, as Alison Bouchard struggles to find freedom from the life she has built and the lies she lives.
"Patti Frazee’s great wisdom is in knowing that coming of age doesn’t stop with adolescence. In Out of Harmony, secrets from the past and present collide to force Frazee’s mid-life protagonist, Alison Bouchard, to take stock of her life. With humanizing detail, a judicious sprinkling of wit, and a sweeping sense of place from Minneapolis to a small Nebraska town to New Orleans, Frazee’s probing work is an ode to the power of the imagination and the on-going quest for identity. Anyone who has struggled to rethink who you are and what you know will resonate. And cheer."
--Pamela Carter Joern, author of The Floor of the Sky and The Plain Sense of Things
About the Author
Patti Frazee's first novel, Cirkus, was originally published in 2006 by Alyson Books and is now available in the Kindle Store. Her short stories have appeared in Water-Stone Literary Journal, and in Open to Interpretation: The Water's Edge. Patti lives in Minneapolis, MN and is a freelance writer, teacher, editor, and publishing consultant. Find out more at www.pattifrazee.com.
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