



Jody will bringing (non-alcoholic) umbrella drinks to share! We love that.
"In Fish-Eye Lens, Jody Rathgeb gives readers an
affectionate glimpse of island life, East Taino style, from the point of
view of the strong and winning women who refuse to let a greedy
developer pave paradise. It's as if the Ya-Ya Sisterhood had hooked up
with Jimmy Buffett for a few margaritas and then decided to kick some
butt."
--Howard Owen, author of The Reckoning, Littlejohn and seven other novels
Jody Rathgeb spent sixteen years as a full-time journalist before launching her freelance writing career in 1994. She is a regular contributor to Times of the Islands, a regional magazine for the Turks and Caicos Islands, and from 2003-2008 she lived on North Caicos, where she and her husband built a retirement home. Her nonfiction and fiction pieces have appeared in numerous publications, and her weekly blog, “An island life/a writing life” can be found on her website, www.jodyrathgeb.com. She currently resides in Richmond, Virginia, with her husband, Tom, and two cats. Fish-Eye Lens is her first novel.