BIO:

The author is a long-time resident of New England. She dwells with her husband, 2.5 cats (.5 is really even more bizarre than a cat should be), a turtle, and Orion, their black moor. (Bob, their other fish, sadly jumped the tank.) At this time, she has no progeny, but along with her first New Year's resolution finally to finish a book, she made another to have a child or two in the near, near future.

To the best of her ability, which is sometimes limited by water retention, lack of chocolate, and confusing reality shows, Ms. Sigler teaches English. Over the years her students have shown her many things including, but not limited to, the following: how to shop and do school work while the teacher is looking, how to make the teacher laugh about a destroyed text to avoid reprisal, and how to convince a parent that a teacher lost all one's "completed" assignments.

FIVE FINGER FICTION SUMMARY:

Lila O'Farrell barely has a voice of her own in her large, extended Irish Catholic family. Mother Lynette is a force of nature, something between a flash flood and a frightening televangelist. Lou, her father, is a peeping Tom; her sister is just oblivious. Lila's scores of cousins and aunts are exhausting. She tries humor, subversion, and even a British accent. Her kleptomania is the only thing which gives her comfort. Lila takes jewelry, tongue depressors, a friend's brassiere. Breaking the law and casting aside mores are nothing, though, compared to challenging Lynette Nolan O'Farrell's authority. Lila's not sure she can grow up and move on if Lynette doesn't give her permission.

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