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Welcome to the world of "the unsures," Angela Kelly's affectionate term for women falling at various points on the in-between scale of gay and straight. Meet Liza, the single mother from an under privileged background, used to finding partners who will give her a sense of security. Then there's Jennifer, the stripper who really does have a heart of gold. Sandy is the direly sexy friend Angela chased for years before winning over. Annie presents herself as a teacher and mentor but proves to be a manipulative narcissist. These and the other characters present a rich tapestry of love, lust, obsession and, finally, redemption.  Threaded between these stories of failed romance you will find self-discovery and a coming of age and awareness. Join Angela Kelly as she learns about her own issues, dysfunction, addictions, and interpersonal dynamics that contribute to her attraction to unavailable women ... and their attraction to her.

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ngela C. Kelly has been writing since she was tall enough to hit the keys on a manual typewriter. Two of her poems, "Religion" and "Redemption," have been published. "Religion" won the Iliad Press Grand Prize Literary Award in the winter of 2003. Other works have appeared in a variety of independent magazines, newsletters, and websites. Unavailable, her novel-length memoir, and her second book, the fictional Second Best Fantasy, were published by JMS Books in 2011. Angela lives, breathes, and consumes books. She was employed in the publishing production industry for over a decade and has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Illinois. Later, she returned to the U and earned a master's degree in Library and Information Science. She spends much of her time haunting libraries and local bookstores, always in search of the next piece of inspiring and overwhelming literature to add to her reading repertoire. In her years of pre-teen angst, Angela spent much of her time writing what she now refers to as her "Die, Love, Die!" poetry. Influenced by the iconic bodies of work of Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath, the melancholy bled through all of her early writing, as she struggled to find a sense of self in an earlier, anti-LGBTQ era. Eventually her poetic works evolved into a richer, more diverse style. Today, Angela devours the works of many writers across genres. Her wife was a close friend of the late David Foster Wallace, and several signed paperbacks of his work grace their bookshelves. She is also a devotee of perhaps the most prolific contemporary author alive: Joyce Carol Oates. Angela currently lives and works thirty miles north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with her wife Cindy and their furry four-legged children. She has, on more than one occasion, vowed to one day write her complete memoirs with only a sharp shell in the sand, to be carried away on the memory of the ocean's waves.

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