Everything In Its Place
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Publisher Description
Bobble Strickland, an Austin elementary school principal, didn't really believe ex-army officer Ray Caldwell was coming on to her. She wasn't a young girl anymore, and, besides, she had bigger priorities than a relationship -- such as fighting her own daughter in court for custody of her grandchild.
Yet, strong, honest Ray had the "right stuff" to make her feel like a desirable woman again. He had come back to Texas to heal, stunned by a divorce he never expected. Soon, he was entangled in Bobble's life, increasingly worried about the violence surrounding her daughter, Darlene, who was caught up in a web of drug addiction and secrets.
Neither Bobbie nor Ray guessed how desperately Darlene was fighting to escape the demons of her past...in a drama that would test the strength of African-American faith and family values and all the courage in a woman's heart.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Austin school principal Bobbie Strickland has her hands full in Blackboard fave Evelyn Palfrey's Everything in Its Place: her daughter, Darlene, is a mess, so Bobbie is raising her granddaughter, Monee; then her elderly neighbor is beaten and robbed under mysterious circumstances. With all this, she can barely make time for handsome divorc Raymond Caldwell. Despite occasionally tepid dialogue, the plot equal parts family drama, mystery and romance contains plenty of surprising twists, and the story is delivered with a sure hand. There are enough issues for a week of Oprah shows (parenting, fidelity, religious hypocrisy, substance and sexual abuse) but Palfrey (Dangerous Dilemmas) incorporates them all with a minimum of melodrama.
