Marianne Lonsdale’s debut novel, When The Road Curves, was published by Sybilline Press on June 26.
When The Road Curves follows thirty-six-year-old Nora, as she navigates love, friendship and loss in the Bay Area in the 1990s. Returning home to Oakland after spending a decade working and playing hard in New York City, Nora is at a crossroads—evaluating career choices and wondering if she wants marriage and children. Then she meets Paul—a singer-songwriter who is gorgeous, attentive and great in bed—but struggles with anger issues. The road curves once more when her best friend Linda is diagnosed with AIDS, forcing Nora to make life-altering decisions.
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