Small Lives — Jac Simensen

A tender, sexy, often funny exploration of intimate, loving relationships in twentieth century America. Small Lives is the interwoven stories of two immigrant families, the Sullivans and the Katz. It covers a period from an outbreak of the plague in 1890's Poland, through the Great Depression and World War II to the turbulent 1960s. Highlights include: . An unplanned wedding night in a Victorian boarding house in a bedroom full of false teeth . A failed WW II intelligence gathering mission in the Egyptian desert . A seduction that ends with unexpected consequences . A brother and sister who have been emotionally abandoned by their wealthy parents . A Main Line Philadelphia pool party that turns into an orgy . A Jewish father who lights candles to St. 'Juda' to find his daughter a husband . A physically flawed woman offers a spoiled prospective husband a dowry to win his love For most of his adult life Jac Simensen lived in Asia, Europe and the U.K working in computer and networking technology. Jac's publication credits range from technical papers on Software Design and Running a Successful Computer Business in Japan to avant-garde poetry and a prize winning one act play. He currently lives in South West Florida with his wife, Annie and their Burmese cat. Small Lives is his first novel.