Dancing on the Edge of the Roof

At fortyone Juanita Lewis is running away from home courtesy of a onewayticket to Montana a place that seems about as far away from the violence andpoverty of t... » 

At fortyone Juanita Lewis is running away from home courtesy of a onewayticket to Montana a place that seems about as far away from the violence andpoverty of the Columbus Ohio projects as the moon. She wants adventure andexcitementif such things exist for a premenopausal African American womanwith three grown deadbeat children.Juanitas new life in Paper Moon Montana begins at a local diner where aculinary faceoff with chef and owner Jess Gardiner finds Juanita in front ofJesss stove serving up home cookin that lures the townsfolk like a magicspell. And suddenly Juanita who was just passin through now has a job bypopular demand.Out here in this wideopen space Juanitas heart can no longer hideespecially when she sees herself through the eyes of the wonderful andeccentric people of this downtoearth town. Shes happy in Paper Moon shesfound a home but can she stay? And then theres Jess. She has always dreamedof romance but she never planned on falling in love. «