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Tired of reading articles about middle-aged women of financial means reinventing themselves by scaling mountain peaks, winsurfing,  sky diving, or seeking mysticism in Tibet…the seed for Underlying Notes was sown.  The gals in my circle have inhibitions, financial or time constraints, and commitments hindering us from jumping outside the box, but rather scrabbling up the sides to peer over the edge.  That’s when Carla Matteo stepped into my field of vision with all of her quirks,  inhibitions,  anxieties, and fears.

More than a cocktail for hot flashes and fluctuating libido, Underlying Notes strews crumbs of callousness, blame, self-sacrifice, repression, and restlessness along the unmarked trails of intospection and reinvention weaving through Carla’s journey to find her own niche in the Second Act of Life.

Carla straddles the line separating the restrictive 50s from the permissive 60s.  She wrestles with the traumas of adolescence, sacrifices a career to assist her husband in his waste management company, and fantasizes about having a fling with hubby’s paesano.  Carla’s ongoing fragrance addiction offers incentive for her to find her own niche, while the ominous rose note in  Paloma Picasso  forces her to confront a troubled past, sort out matters of the heart, and come to terms with the tenets of her life.

Carla Matteo’s self-deprecating wit and candor navigate ther reader past Rhode Island’s affluent coastal communities, prominent landmarks, cherished institutions, and olive oil spills of the underworld.  Carla’s narrative is as multilayered as the fragrances she wears to permeate back stories that illuminate the present and surrender underlying secrets one morsel at a time.

Underlying Notes by Eva Pasco may acquired at Amazon:

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