title: Bones Were Free
author: St. Clare, Therese
description: New Orleans is a city where people live to eat instead of eating to live. If the city’s tourism bureau made this an ad campaign, Bernadette Julien would be their poster child. Bernadette has struggled with losing weight since childhood. The subject of fat jokes on too many occasions, she is self conscious about her appearance and skeptical of any suitor’s true intentions. Attractive, successful Clark Laurent has been unjustly labeled as a playboy. Disappointed in his current relationship, Clark is considering moving on once again. He is not wholly certain what he is seeking but confident he hasn’t found it yet. An unlikely friendship develops between them as a result of a prank by Clark’s comrades. If friends can be counted on to pull pranks, then what is family for? Clark’s family proves just as innovative and the friendship that developed between he and Bernadette becomes more... But their past is intertwined in a way that neither of them ever imagined...