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A comedic romp in the near future where the environmental quagmires of our day have been left to mutate and fester, Grumbles: The Novel is a modern skewing of love, politics and power.
It opens in Prêt-a-Porter, a swampy backwater of upstate New York, when our heroine Pettie Grumbles is re-instated to the Special Services unit of the Post Office. With evil doers and potato pirates a foot, Pettie is given the mission to boldly go where no Grumbles has gone before and return to Canada. There, she must defeat the dreaded Weatherman who, with his Weather or Not TV and perpetual green screen, has done what no man has done before and fulfilled an election promise to keep the world seventy-two and sunny. Complicating matters is the fact that the man who has stolen our heroine's heart, Hector, just happens to have a twin brother who's always in the limelight and needing his help.
In a race against time to save the world, Pettie and her young charge Toga set off for Montreal to take down The Weatherman and free Toga's friends. But just as they make the rendezvous, desperate for further instructions, they run a foul of The Border Patrol and are forced to take an icy dip in the St. Lawrence River. While Pettie is rescued and entertained by the worldly Captain Dragwood, who keeps reminding her of her man Hector and his mysterious disappearances, Toga has a different shipboard experience altogether, one that leads to trouble down the line.
As Pettie and Toga travel closer to The Weatherman and his much anticipated festival of Spudapoolza, the giving of the fries to the people, their loyalty is tested. Saboteurs seem to be everywhere from the stinging consequences of doing business with the trollman to the skin deep identity of Pettie's one time best friend.
As daylight breaks and pirates invade Montreal's port, Pettie and Toga hurry up Mont-Royal and infiltrate The Weatherman's glorious, grease redolent pageant to himself, the festival of Spudapalooza.
Will Pettie and Toga be able to find Toga's kidnapped friends and free them? Can they stop The Weatherman from deploying his secret weapon meant to ensure world domination? Will Pettie reset the cycle of nature and make it snow? And finally, will Pettie and Hector sail off into the sunset? Telmemydoom might know, but, predictably, no one wants to ask her.
About the Author: Karen Faris
As an advocate for responsible government and a decent education for all children, Karen Faris has been complaining for as long as anyone can remember. Rather than go live on a planet for one, she decided to write fiction where all good things can come to pass.
Her work is informed by many jobs in many places along with serving on a Upstate New York conservation board.
She lives in Rochester, NY with her husband and son.
It opens in Prêt-a-Porter, a swampy backwater of upstate New York, when our heroine Pettie Grumbles is re-instated to the Special Services unit of the Post Office. With evil doers and potato pirates a foot, Pettie is given the mission to boldly go where no Grumbles has gone before and return to Canada. There, she must defeat the dreaded Weatherman who, with his Weather or Not TV and perpetual green screen, has done what no man has done before and fulfilled an election promise to keep the world seventy-two and sunny. Complicating matters is the fact that the man who has stolen our heroine's heart, Hector, just happens to have a twin brother who's always in the limelight and needing his help.
In a race against time to save the world, Pettie and her young charge Toga set off for Montreal to take down The Weatherman and free Toga's friends. But just as they make the rendezvous, desperate for further instructions, they run a foul of The Border Patrol and are forced to take an icy dip in the St. Lawrence River. While Pettie is rescued and entertained by the worldly Captain Dragwood, who keeps reminding her of her man Hector and his mysterious disappearances, Toga has a different shipboard experience altogether, one that leads to trouble down the line.
As Pettie and Toga travel closer to The Weatherman and his much anticipated festival of Spudapoolza, the giving of the fries to the people, their loyalty is tested. Saboteurs seem to be everywhere from the stinging consequences of doing business with the trollman to the skin deep identity of Pettie's one time best friend.
As daylight breaks and pirates invade Montreal's port, Pettie and Toga hurry up Mont-Royal and infiltrate The Weatherman's glorious, grease redolent pageant to himself, the festival of Spudapalooza.
Will Pettie and Toga be able to find Toga's kidnapped friends and free them? Can they stop The Weatherman from deploying his secret weapon meant to ensure world domination? Will Pettie reset the cycle of nature and make it snow? And finally, will Pettie and Hector sail off into the sunset? Telmemydoom might know, but, predictably, no one wants to ask her.
About the Author: Karen Faris
As an advocate for responsible government and a decent education for all children, Karen Faris has been complaining for as long as anyone can remember. Rather than go live on a planet for one, she decided to write fiction where all good things can come to pass.
Her work is informed by many jobs in many places along with serving on a Upstate New York conservation board.
She lives in Rochester, NY with her husband and son.
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