Fiction

Baking at Midnight: The Misadventures of Tildy Wilson

Synopsis: Tildy Wilson (Australia’s Bridget Jones) takes on American culture in this fish-out-of-water, tongue-in-cheek, romantic comedy of errors.  Out of work, out of love, and reluctantly facing forty, Matilda (Tildy) determines to regain control of her life using astrology, tarot, Oprah, and a personal development coach. She throws herself into a succession of comic misadventures involving flamboyant fashion, bad hair, and very bad boyfriend choices (except for Nikov Niković, the seductive Croatian restaurateur). The eternal optimist, Tildy is further encouraged by her east-coast-transplant best girlfriend, Isa Rubenstein, her Dead Head, tofu-eating neighbor, Sunshine, and Eric, her cross-dressing, artist ex-husband to show up for the next date, employment experiment, and coaching session, hopeful that this time she’s on track. In the frantic information and technology-driven world she inhabits, Tildy Wilson is full of humanity, and true to her character, she does fly.

Tildy is a well-crafted character with a lot of sardonic spunk. Her misadventures will surely entertain her audience, spark much laughter, and yield insights into the terrifying prospect of growing older. Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, Reviewer

Breakfast at Tildy’s: The Misadventures Continue

Synopsis: With the Baking at Midnight year behind her, Tildy Wilson is 40 and flying. And now that she is coupled with restaurateur Nikov Niković, the seductive Croatian restaurateur, Tildy has glimpses into her future and wonders if accepting his proposal and working together at his restaurant is what she really wants. With her trademark zest and unabashed humor, Tildy puts into practice her new mantra “Life is all about Yes” while courageously embarking on her biggest adventure to date: traversing her inner landscape while traveling in China with her father, Frank.

Breakfast at Tildy’s Part I

Listen to Louise read excerpts from Breakfast at Tildy’s