Coming Soon From Casa Weenie

It started as a one-night stand with a guy Ilene met at work. More than two decades later, she finds herself lying beside a middle-aged version of that same guy—now sporting a Breathe Right strip across his nose.

This collection of essays and cartoons is the diary of a 25-year relationship between a nice Jewish girl from Austin, Texas and an Arab-American, former altar boy from Waco. Together, they’ve negotiated dozens of religious holidays (from both Testaments), hundreds of questionable meals, home improvement, mental illness, travel, and a mutually agreeable definition of romance.

A little more Desi and Lucy than Romeo and Juliet, this book is a take on what “Happily Ever After” really looks like when a couple of flawed characters show up for each other—whether they want to or not.

Stay tuned for information about the book launch coming this fall!