I just love the way you write - it's like listening to a friend tell a story, sometimes almost gossipy (is there such a word)!
How do you select names for your characters? In my 50+ years of reading I never thought of that before, but you named one of your characters Renata - an unusual name - it was my mother's name and with the exception of the opera singer Renata Tibaldi I've never known anyone else by that name. So what makes an author chose one name over another?
I am truly enjoying your story - continued success,
