A Smile In Every Season weaves a colorful, many-layered story packed with humor, eroticism, scandal, romance, family drama, and mystery— all delivered in a vibrant, unique way, with an unusual syntax and some original words that readers looking for something genuinely different will hopefully appreciate and like. Set in Atlanta, Georgia, over the course of four consecutive seasons in the early days of cell phones, this novel by Paul Z Alber delves into the lives of four intriguing characters: two sisters, the ex-husband of one of them, and the ex-husband’s boyfriend.
The quartet consists of transplanted Trinidadians who have been living in the United States for over twenty years, and we listen in as they "talk" to themselves in their current circumstances while recalling past events that shaped their lives. There are sad moments, true, but with its many laugh-out-loud inner dialogues, A Smile In Every Season reminds us that sometimes, the conversations we have with ourselves are the ones that keep us sane and smiling through life's chaos.
This is storytelling that takes risks, and readers hungry for something a.i. wouldn't generate will find themselves smiling through every season.