Main Street Stories
a Novel by Phyllis LaPlante
—ISBN 978-0-9813939-1-9, 238 pp. 2010.
Tales intertwine in the small town of Massey,
Texas, whose quiet streets seem to breed infidelity, betrayal, mental
illness, and violence, in Phyllis LaPlante’s highly entertaining
character driven novel Main Street Stories. The townspeople love gossip
even more than high school football. Nadine Coulter, a divorced
hairdresser, fulfills her sexual desires with a much younger lover,
while fretting about her teen-aged daughter who is quickly earning a
bad reputation. Janice Tuttle commits suicide by drowning. Joe Eliot
hallucinates enemies and nearly kills his brother-in-law. Did Danny
Tomlin actually kill his illegitimate child? Wayne Pickens is whipsawed
between the demands of his religion and the urges of his body. Dorothy
Harmon agonizes over her lesbian lover's penchant for young girls. Adam
Robbins, the preacher's son, is perpetually on the make, living out the
shadowy un-lived life of his father . . .
Publication Date: Jan 1st, 2010
About the Author
Phyllis LaPlante is a Jungian analyst who lives with her husband in Fairfax, Virginia. She received a B.A. in English from Valparaiso University, MSW from Catholic University of America, and diploma from the C.G. Jung Institute of New York. She is on the faculty of the C.G. Jung Institute of Philadelphia and a training analyst with the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts. She edited When the Body Speaks (Routledge 2000) and lectures on the archetype of abandonment. She is on the Board of THC, a non-profit partnership that combats homelessness in Washington, D.C. Main Street Stories is her first published novel.
