Gemma Sommerset

It's 1957 and Gemma Sommerset is a young woman from Lynchburg, Virginia who is capable of accomplishing just about anything. But her parents, and society at large, espouse the homemaker expectations of the day and she grows up to follow a prescribed path. And while Gemma adores being a wife and mother, she wants more. Her boredom in domestic affairs leads her to reckless choices, but also to a late career as a journalist. When tragedies strike and her family life falls apart, Gemma must recreate herself anew and come to terms with a life lived as a game of chance with unfulfilled dreams. A literary women's fiction of a woman coming into her own power, "Gemma Sommerset," the third novel from indie-award-winning novelist Jill McCroskey Coupe, shows us it's never too late to follow your dreams.