Time Sharing

About the Book

This riveting, hilarious, and deeply moving novel looks at two people who live on the margins of our society. Artie is a petty thief, a would-be con man, and when he sees Jolene Jello wrestling at a dive bar, he thinks he's found a meal ticket.

Jolene is a single mother struggling to find a way to support her sick child. In Artie, she sees the hope of a chance to provide a father figure for her son, and a normal family life for herself.

Against all odds, Artie and Jolene begin to develop a deep love for each other. But times are tough, and their luck is bad. They come up with a plan that might help them escape the poverty that is closing in around them—or it might destroy any chance they have at true love.

Gritty and unsentimental, Time Sharing depicts the lives of Artie and Jolene with sympathy and humor. The two lovers are so real, so unforgettable, you will be haunted by them the rest of your life.

About the Author

Richard Krawiec has published two novels, Time Sharing and Faith in What? and a collection of short stories, And Fools of God. He has won fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the North Carolina Arts Council, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. He is founder and director of VOICES, a non-profit organization that teaches writing to children and adults in homeless shelters, literacy classes, ESL programs, community centers, prisons, and elsewhere. He lives in Raleigh, NC, with his with Mary, his two sons, Danny and David, and his dog Stormy.