Sour Grapes and Sweet Tea

Jane W. Rankin is the author of The Woman Equestrian, published in 2003 by Wish Publishing. She has been published in "The Chronicle of the Horse" periodical, and the "Amateurs Like us" weekly blog. Jane is a retired public school art educator and mother of two. She and her soul-mate, Bruce, live in Denver, North Carolina.

When Sarah's husband of twenty-seven years announces that he's leaving her for his chiropractor, Sarah calls on her eclectic gang of horse-riding friends to help plot her next steps, before news of the breakup travles faster than kudzu through their town in northeastern North Carolina.Much to her two daughters' chagrin, Sarah decides to sell her old home and buys a fixer-upper, but no amount of hard work can bring clarity to her unsettled life. On the suggestion of her best friend, Sarah finds a therapist to help her quiet her fears about living on her own, address her issues of abandonment, and renew her sense of self-worth.When Sarah meets a seemingly perfect man at an equestrian competition, she questions her ability to trust someone again-and whether she even wants to. Already balancing career, house, horse, friends, and family-is there room in her new life for a man? And will ghosts from both their pasts threaten their new romance? Through the encouragement and help of her dear friends, Sarah begins to explore this new relationship, as well as the one she has with herself.