Mona Olsen is a midwestern housewife in her midsixties. As matriarch of her family, she is the one common thread tying together the vastly different lives of those around her. When she kills herself, however, that thread is left dangling, and it can either be used to draw her loved ones closer together, or to sever their ties forever.
Her Favorite Month explores what happens when people who live an outwardly happy existence take their own life, and the inexorable ways their suicide affects those who loved them.
Full of insight, reflection, and just enough humor, the story follows a cast of characters who couldn't be more different from each other as they all try to figure out why Mona chose to end her life.
Will Mona's family and friends ever discover her motive? Will they be able to put their differences aside and move forward together? Or will their search for answers reveal deep, dark secrets that will ultimately push them further apart?
Sure to touch your heart and pique your interest from start to finish, Her Favorite Month is a gripping family saga about life, death, survival, and the delicate strength of the human spirit.
About the Author: Paul J. Lawrence is a playwright whose plays have been produced on stages in New York City, Boston, Florida, and Australia. He is currently working with director Glenn Ciano on various film projects.
When he's not writing pieces for production, Lawrence works as a registered nurse, and it was through his experiences in this capacity that he found the inspiration to pen his debut novel, Her Favorite Month.
Having stood by the bedsides of many patients as they passed away, and observing the ways their loved ones responded, Lawrence became deeply familiar with the ways death affects the living, and he brings this insight to his writing. A thoughtful story that explores the rare phenomenon of elder suicide, Her Favorite Month tracks the lives of a hodgepodge midwestern family as it struggles with grief, acceptance, and survival following its matriarch's decision to take her own life.
