NOVEL
I'm currently seeking representation for my completed novel, Fable Tree. Set in a fictional Midwestern town, the novel's diverse cast of characters grapple with issues of family, faith, race, and community--serious issues, for sure, but not without humor.
Enjoy this back-of-the-book summary:
FABLE TREE
Welcome to Fable Tree!, an abandoned Midwestern town turned cooperative farm where three misfits come together. Polly marries the Reverend Adebimbo, thinking she’s found escape from her past as a drug dealer’s wife and, more important, true love. Adebimbo, a wanted man in Nigeria and a former subprime mortgage broker in Miami, as well as a self-trained preacher of the prosperity gospel, flees Florida in the wake of the late aughts' housing collapse to be with Polly, whom he met online. Langston, an erstwhile boar semen collector for an industrial hog farm, buys Fable Tree to create a rural community where animals “mate as nature intended.” Despite the beautiful scenery and good intentions, life at Fable Tree Farm soon proves anything but idyllic.
As Polly and Adebimbo establish The Church of Victorious Redemption in the old town hall, Langston falls for Polly, while Adebimbo’s past—and the danger that comes with it—catches up to him, forcing Polly to consider a life on her own—something she’s never had strength for. As old and new faces appear in Fable Tree, all three characters must confront the pains and secrets of their former lives. More so, they must wrestle with repentance and forgiveness if they want their reinvented selves to be their best selves, even if that means risking what they hold dear.
Enjoy this back-of-the-book summary:
FABLE TREE
Welcome to Fable Tree!, an abandoned Midwestern town turned cooperative farm where three misfits come together. Polly marries the Reverend Adebimbo, thinking she’s found escape from her past as a drug dealer’s wife and, more important, true love. Adebimbo, a wanted man in Nigeria and a former subprime mortgage broker in Miami, as well as a self-trained preacher of the prosperity gospel, flees Florida in the wake of the late aughts' housing collapse to be with Polly, whom he met online. Langston, an erstwhile boar semen collector for an industrial hog farm, buys Fable Tree to create a rural community where animals “mate as nature intended.” Despite the beautiful scenery and good intentions, life at Fable Tree Farm soon proves anything but idyllic.
As Polly and Adebimbo establish The Church of Victorious Redemption in the old town hall, Langston falls for Polly, while Adebimbo’s past—and the danger that comes with it—catches up to him, forcing Polly to consider a life on her own—something she’s never had strength for. As old and new faces appear in Fable Tree, all three characters must confront the pains and secrets of their former lives. More so, they must wrestle with repentance and forgiveness if they want their reinvented selves to be their best selves, even if that means risking what they hold dear.