Blanche Howard (Books)

Blanche Howard Books

Blanche Howard is an author whose works delve into the complexities of the human psyche in the modern world. Her writing is distinguished by its keen insights into relationships and characters' internal struggles. Through rich and evocative prose, Howard explores themes of identity, memory, and the search for meaning in a fast-paced society. Her work invites readers to reflect on their own experiences and place in the world.

A Celibate Season

231 pages
9 hours of reading

In an original collaboration two award-winning authors, Carol Shields and Blanche Howard, have written an immensely enjoyable novel which give us both sides of a story about the breakdown of traditional roles, rules and communication in a marriage. A CELIBATE SEASON is the story of a married couple, Jocelyn and Charles, (Jock and Chas) and their self-imposed separation of ten months when Jock accepts a job in a city more than three thousand miles away from her family. As breadwinner and suddenly single again Jock is confronted with local politics, loneliness and advances from the opposite sex. Meanwhile back at home, Chas, an unemployed architect, is now a single parent who has to reacquaint himself with his teenage children, Mia and Greg, learn to run a household and shift his career priorities. Throw in an attractive young housekeeper, a mother-in-law who enjoys her wine, a touch of teenage angst, some unexpected home renovations and a disastrous Christmas dinner and you have modern family life.