Lilac Time — Kate Sweeney

Jessica Pierce is a single mother of two children. Teenage Ben, aka The Hoover, has the sensitive old soul of Robert Frost, and Matilde, a twelve-year-old, is the personification of Jack Sparrow. Jessica desperately needs the job she finds in the college newspaper, even if it is just for the summer. She knows she stands on the verge of starting over, keeping her family safe and happy.Dr. Marion Clifford desperately needs someone with organizational skills for her current project with her former employer, the FBI. She's on a deadline, which is fine--it keeps her from thinking of the past and the emptiness of her life as it is.Two desperate women find each other, and with the help of one loving teenager and his mischievous sister, Jessica and Cliff find out life might not be as desperate as it appears.