OMEN IN HATS

Her name is Leigh Majors and she isn’t going to change it. She works hard in her off-Broadway theatre as a director of small, critically acclaimed plays. She has a sane and happy marriage with Michael, and a delightful best friend in Maddie. Her mother, the famous Bridie Hart, was America’s favorite TV sitcom mom, who can only play the role of a good mother if somebody else writes the dialogue. Leigh and Bridie have a tense, standoffish relationship on a good day. Still, Leigh’s life is quiet, calm and under control.

But what if Leigh could have more? What if she could have a passionate, romantic relationship? What if she could have (or even become) the mother she always wanted? What if she could step out of her small downtown theatre and direct a Broadway play? What if all of these possibilities open up for Leigh when her husband writes a Broadway-ready play that could become Leigh’s big directorial break? But there’s just one catch: the play will star her mother, the one and only Bridie Hart.

What follows is a Six-Million Dollar adventure where Leigh directs her mother in her husband’s play, Women In Hats. Leigh steps through the looking glass, where her whole life turns upside-down and gets so much better.

Women In Hats arrives in bookstores on April 29, 2008 but you can order it right now at Amazon or Barnes and Noble or your favorite bookstore.

ND BABY MAKES TWO is a funny and poignant debut novel which chronicles a New York career woman’s meandering path toward motherhood and the unforgettable characters she meets along the way. …AND BABY MAKES TWO is an honest and addictive novel about love and loss, family and friendship, and the delights and dilemmas of the scariest job in the world: motherhood.

At thirty-seven, Jane Howe is pretty sure she has attained the perfect life, until she spots the perfect child ­– the Christ Child, angelic and beautiful, magnetic and serene. He makes Jane question everything she has and everything she thought she wanted. When Jane has an encounter with the adoptive mother of a Chinese baby girl, her life changes forever, as we see in the excerpt below.

“This is my daughter.” Jane was sitting in an extra seat in the Trying to Adopt circle. A petite woman in the chair next to her held up a snapshot of a three-year-old girl in a red bathing suit. The little girl was in mid-air, arms outstretched, mouth grinning. Nice shot. The little girl was Chinese.The photo went around from person to person, and when it was handed to Jane, she turned her body around. The glossy paper vibrated with happiness. The petite woman, who was Italian by heritage, looked like her daughter, which made no sense to Jane at all.  But there it was."

What the critics say...

“A gift from the writing gods.”
  — Cleveland Plain Dealer

“Perceptive, moving and often comic, Sheehan is a gifted writer who manages to juggle a panoply of characters with style, skill and, above all, wit.”
  — Christian Science Monitor

“With humor and heart, novelist Judy Sheehan insightfully captures the birth of a modern mommy.”
  — Marie Claire

“Rife with suspense and whip-smart prose.”
  — Brain, Child

“This debut novel is filled with touching and funny insights into the ups and downs of adoption.”
  — Library Journal

Both books now available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and your favorite bookstore!