Publisher's Synopsis
An excerpt from WAITING IN THE WRONG LINE
"WAITING FOR THE BIG O Of the three pieces of luggage we put on board the airplane, only two came off. The one we can't find has my asthma medicine and my brand new expensive bathing suit that fits better than any bathing suit I have ever owned. It took me a month to find that brand new bathing suit, to find one that fit just right and was so comfortable and sexy. The lost piece of luggage also has Sam's Tums. My asthma medicine is secondary. My new bathing suit doesn't matter. Sam's Tums? He's a basket case! "What am I going to do without Tums?" Sam frets. I stare at him, wheezing, desperately trying to fill my lungs with air, hoping I can find an island pharmacist who will make a long distance call to my pulmonary specialist. I say, calmly, without a hint of nastiness or bad attitude, "Maybe you should lay off the spicy food this week." To which Sam agonizes, "I won't make it without Tums!" To which I reply in oxygen-poor gasps, tugging at my bathing suit that I had to buy from the store in the lobby, even though it is too small and even though it was made for a flat-chested teenager, "I guess you'll have to live with heartburn, honey." It's been a tough week...
