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Funny Female Fiction
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S. D. Youngren |
“This is my life, Mom. Not a Jane Austen novel.” A continuing series of mostly-funny short stories about a young woman's life. Featuring problem parents, crazy coworkers, a few good friends, a very nice young man, and the occasional lemur. Read them for free on line, or buy them in paperback.
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Rowena's life is all one story, but her adventures are grouped into novel-length volumes. Click the lemur pictures for a synopsis of each, or choose your reading format from the links below the pictures.
The Latest Adventures
Book 8, Parts 9 & 10
Wedding plans do take their toll, don't they? After Berna remarks on Loretta Lemur in a picture on Rowena's desk, her other coworkers seem to have been affected, and Rowena Thinks Of Lemurs. Typical day at Rorschach & Schmed, or . . . conspiracy? And when the Landlady invites her to a relaxing lunch away from the planning-pressures, Rowena Takes A Break . . . for certain values of “break.”
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The Story So Far
Do you ever feel like the whole world is nuts? Rowena does. Her coworkers bicker for sport, her sister's an Astrology junkie, and her Mother . . . Follow the adventures as she attempts to start her life, with help and hindrance from her family, friends, co-workers and the occasional lemur.
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Rowena's Page is a series of mostly-funny short stories, grouped into novel length volumes and chapter length “books.” It is original web-published fiction; part e-zine, part e-book series, with maybe just a dash of cybersoap.
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V.I: Table of Contents.
First Story: Rowena Cooks A Meal.
Also available in paperback, and Palm Pilot DOC format.
Synopsis
Post-college, pre-marriage, Rowena tries to establish an adult life despite her family's attempts to help.
In Book 1 we meet Rowena: harassed by her mother about catching a man, intimidated on the job by the boss's formidable secretary, bugged by her movie-star-wannabe younger sister, and supported against them all by her best friend, Terese. On an impulse trip to the zoo, she meets a surprisingly nice young man named Sammy in front of a cage full of enraged lemurs. Her mother steals his phone number and implores him to call her, but he asks her out anyway.
In Book 2 Rowena runs the new-relationship gauntlet. The disasterous dinner bringing Sammy to meet her family. The tense meeting with his nice, but emotionally delicate, mother. Terese's skepticism. And their first time in bed.
In Book 3 she deals with crazies on the job, familial eccentricity, and the realization that Sammy might be more than just a date.
In Book 4 Rowena tries to help her sister, Maralynne, who has been dumped by her boyfriend. Much to Sammy's annonyance, Maralynne and her doubtful psychic decide that he would be the perfect replacement. Rowena works to resolve the crisis without wrecking anything but the psychic's peace of mind.
In Book 5 Rowena continues to secure her relationship with Sammy, and finally draws an admission from her mother that someday she'll have a life of her own.
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V.II: Table of Contents.
First Story: Rowena Goes To A Wedding.
Synopsis
Reluctant to get married because of her mother's pressure, Rowena agrees to move in with Sammy, and finds that neither of the two is so easily put off.
In Book 6 Rowena and Sammy begin to define their life together. Sammy asks her to marry him, but she can't face the fear of becoming her mother, and asks for more time. His alternate offer of moving in together she cannot refuse, but it too comes with challenges: finding an apartment to share, telling her parents, introducing his cat to her dog, and the scariest part of all . . . the house-warming party!
In Book 7 Rowena finds that living with Sammy is all that she'd hoped it would be, but not everyone concurs. Cornered by her friends about rejecting Sammy's proposal, she is forced to admit that her reasons were foolish. They extract a promise not to reject him again (without a good reason), and immediatly start planning the wedding. Rowena is content to wait, but then Sammy hesitates to accept her help on a career opportunity. Has she made a mistake for them both?
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V.III: Table of Contents.
First Story: Rowena Goes Public.
In Progress
Officially engaged, Rowena tries to have an actual wedding without eloping or killing anyone.
In Book 8 Rowena starts life as a fiancée. Step one: Get caught by her co-workers wearing an engagement ring . . .
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