Introducing my debut novel: A Woman at the End of Her Rope

Families can be messy. They hold secrets and stories. For many of us, our families are a huge part of what makes us the people we become. I know this firsthand, and my own experiences are at the heart of why I wrote A Woman at the End of Her Rope. 

In my debut novel, readers learn that Lou Jackson and her brother Chuck haven’t spoken in over thirty years. But when a sudden family tragedy forces them back together, old wounds reopen, secrets unravel, and the past won’t stay buried.

In many ways, this story is about reckoning—not just with the past, but with the people we’ve become in its wake.

Growing up in the South, I witnessed how tradition and tension coexist—how grief, small-town gossip, and long-held grudges can shape lives. Funerals aren’t just about mourning; they’re social events, full of unsaid words and side-eyed glances. I poured those details into this book, blending some of my own history with fiction. This is a story about family—the ones we’re born into and the ones we choose. It’s about the weight of secrets and the power of truth, even when that truth is hard to face.

I also write from the perspective of someone who grew up LGBTQ+ in a place where being yourself wasn’t always safe. That reality shaped me, and it shaped this novel. I know what it’s like to feel like an outsider in your own hometown, to wonder if the people who once loved you might turn their backs on you. But I also know resilience, and that’s something I wanted to give my characters—because even in dysfunction, there is hope.

If even one reader sees themselves in these pages and feels less alone, then the long hours I spent writing this were worth it. A Woman at the End of Her Rope is available now, and I hope it finds the readers who need it most.

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