The Terri Schiavo controversy of 2005 brutally exposed significant divisions in American society. It laid bare two passionate camps, with radically different agendas, each intent on imposing their worldview on the collective body politic. It also makes for great farce.
Inspired by the Schiavo affair, my novel, “Lureen’s Law” (312 pages) takes that latent satire and runs with it. The book has it all – sex, scandal, corruption, romance, redemption, a car chase – the lot tied together with gentle tongue-in-cheek third party narration.
The story takes place in the American South and concerns the adventures of five semi-related characters – Rev. Dr. Dobson Reede, Ben Stallings, Lucy Armanjani, Priss Timberlake and Sen. Charles Robert E. Lee (Chuck) Butts – all closely involved with the Lureen Biggs controversy. Mrs. Biggs, in a coma for the past eleven years, is now due for final judgement at her husband’s behest. There are community objections and a legal battle ensues with humorous consequences for all involved.
American society seems set on disintegration, a disintegration that will lead, inevitably, to reconciliation, resolve and resurrection. Lureen’s Law chronicles that death and re-birth in microcosm – with a car chase.
