Rooville

The Mommies Reviews

I would like to share a new novel with you called Rooville. written by Julie Long. I hadn’t heard of Julie Long before I received an email about reviewing Rooville.

Once I read the press release, I knew I needed to read Rooville because I thought I would enjoy this novel a lot. As well as being able to put the novel inside this year’s Christmas Gift Guide. I’m sure there are plenty of readers who would like to check out Rooville and learn more about Julie Long. If you have heard of the Author or the book leave me a comment and let me know what you thought of this novel and why.

I will be sharing my review on Rooville in December on the book I received.

Preview:

Even after thirteen years in Southern California, Owen Martin can feel the corners of his squareness still sharply evident. He’s a TV weatherman bored by the beautiful climate. He wants to coach basketball, but all the kids play soccer. And he seems to be the only person who thinks a fruit smoothie is a poor substitute for a vanilla shake. When he’s fired from his job, Owen is relieved to head home to Iowa, to the town his ancestors founded and the simple life he knew before his father died. He can’t predict the atmospheric pressure he’s about to encounter, which, as any meteorologist knows, is the key catalyst for change.

In his absence, Martinville has become the center of the Transcendental Meditation movement and host to all things alternative. There are golden domes for mass meditations, a vegan café where the burger joint stood, and all the shop doors around Town Square now face east.

But far worse than anything is the danger to the Martin family farm. In a town divided between “Regulars” and “Roos” (gurus), Owen is clear where he stands until he falls for a levitator instead of the down-to-earth girl he had in mind.

With old customs and open-mindedness clashing like warm and cold fronts, Owen gets caught in a veritable tornado. Can he save the farm, get the girl, and reunite the town? Maybe…if he’s willing to embrace a change in the weather.

More About the Author

Julie Long

Biography

Julie Long was born in Fairfield, Iowa, a typical Midwestern town (the kind with a bandstand in town square) that just happened to become the center of the Transcendental Meditation movement, causing Oprah to dub it “America’s most unusual town.
” For several years Julie lived in Southern California (where she never did find the center of town) before opting for the rural life in Western Pennsylvania.
Today she lives on a farm with her husband, extended family, and an English bulldog named Wilson. She seeks to curate calm through yoga, meditation and energy work, and share what she’s learning along the way. Visit her at www.JulieLongWrites.com.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates

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