The Heart of a Thirsty Woman is the second novel by Lana Witt, author of Slow Dancing on Dinosaur Bones . Reared in Kentucky and residing now in San Diego, she's clearly spent enough time in Southern Arizona to develop a feel for the area. The novel opens in a small town in Kentucky, 1976. He's the separate realities guru, and Josie's been sensing him lurking in her peripheral vision. Josie's husband Clarence is not amused.
Clarence has a business.
He owns the TV repair shop in town and he thinks Josie should knit afghans and feed wild birds from a mail-order bird mansion, like his mom. Brewster and try the opportunities out where the mountains are severe and the sunsets sweet. When Clarence won't move, Josie, desperate for some activity, places an anonymous ad in the local paper for a group to meet, explore and celebrate Don Juan. A slew of bored housewives show up, including good Baptists and former high-school cheerleaders. When they discover this Juan promotes spiritual rather than kinky enlightenment, they storm off.