Haboob - A novel of a girl's life in year 2012 (Paperback)

Anne is a child of the Sixties. She met her husband when she was 25 living in the East Village of NYC and he had just hitchhiked from California. He was 21.

A few months later he moved in with her and they were together ever since, until he suddenly out of nowhere and for no reason went to Heaven in 2011.

But Anne had become New Age in Tucson. She actually does believe we are all eternal beings. And for Bill it is just a change of address.

So she held on to her happiness. It still means starting a brand new life as a bachelorette when it was the last thing she expected to happen.

She loved her husband and was a contented wife but this new life is thrilling.

Haboob is the tale of Anne's life during first 6 months of 2012. It is her second year of being on her own.

Her husband's friend is teaching her how to drive.

A wonderful friendship blossoms. There is no attraction, he goes for hot blonds. Anne's type is sensitive but misunderstood.

But they have so much fun together.

As Anne says, "It is a lot of fun to be friends with a boy who is just a friend and not a boyfriend. Because of the freedom. It's fun to feel so free. And so relaxed."

A lot of the book is fun and funny, but there are some deep parts too. Anne's chapter, "My Mother and Me" is very revealing about a mother daughter relationship.

Anne shares both her inner and outer experiences. And a reader may enjoy her conversations with her Higher Self.

Her husband's cartoons are fun, funny, interesting. They are lively and somewhat sexy. The cover painting is by him.

"A haboob (Arabic for strong wind) is a type of intense dust storm. They take place in Africa and one arrived in Tucson March 2012 in the middle of Anne's novel. "