Tea in the Redwoods

Tea in the Redwoods satirizes the manners and mores of the fictional residents of Mill Valley. There is much going on in this secluded little town in Northern California, peopled with residents from other countries, other states, and surrounded by giant redwood trees.

Portia is waiting and hoping for the return of a husband lost in Papua New Guinea. Helena and Lisa, two attractive young actresses, are vying for the same role in a local production of The Merchant of Venice. Adam is taking the advice of his spandex warrior group on how to court the unresponsive Portia, while Olivia, her designer sister, has set her cap at Adam. A spunky Jack Russell is dognapped. Roderic McLeod, a charming senior citizen who possesses a Scottish heirloom, enters a retirement complex and is overwhelmed by women residents.

The plot chronicles the local happenings – a visiting guru, rehearsals for the play, a bike tour, a dog rescue, and other capers.

May Kramer was born up in Scotland where she studied writing and theater. She has worked as a full-time copy and editorial writer in Toronto, New York, Amsterdam and San Francisco, often writing humorous material for community theaters in her spare time. Her first book of theater scripts WOMEN ARE FUNNY has sold to community theaters throughout the U.S. TEA IN THE REDWOODS is her first novel. She is now writing LAUGHTER IN THE REDWOODS, her second novel in the ‘Redwoods’ trilogy.