The Yellow Braid

Winner at the Hollywood Book Festival, 2012, The Yellow Braid is a story of acclaimed poet, Caro Barrone's journey of exploration, self-discovery, and ultimately, transformation. As Caro's personal life in middle age eclipses her professional one, Caro abandons the city for the beaches of the Long Island Hamptons. There she meets beautiful thirteen-year old, Livia Valdez. Shy, serious, and only just beginning to reveal her poetic genius, Livia is everything Caro once was. All begins innocently, but their relationship takes a disquieting turn when Caro becomes obsessed with finding ideal love. This provocative novella takes an honest look at a woman whose capacity for transgression is countered only by her capacity for transformation.