Local Author Knows Life is Full of Complicated Choices

Local Author Knows Life is Full of Complicated Choices

Local author, Risa Nyman, announces publication of her first young adult novel about facing life’s changing situations and being forced to make difficult decisions that could change someone’s future trajectory.

In Nyman’s novel Complicated Choices, published by Immortal Works July 25, 2023, high school senior Claire Jackson’s life shatters after an unplanned pregnancy, but it’s not hers, it’s her mother’s.

With no father named on baby Harry’s birth certificate and their mother sinking into despair, Claire finds herself knee deep in diapers, streams of baby barf, and mountains of laundry. Not only does Harry rob Claire of her freedom, but also her future when her mother uses her college funds for day care.

Claire’s uncle offers to replenish the funds on the condition Harry is given up for adoption. With a troubled and unstable mother, Claire must take control and choose: trade Harry for money and return to her former life, or fight for him.

The novel is set in Massachusetts which was Risa’s home until a move to Rhode Island just before the pandemic lockdown. She still feels like a newcomer to the Ocean State. Risa also has had a poem accepted by the Association of Rhode Island Authors for their 2023 anthology.

Her books, which include two award-winning middle grade mysteries, Swallowed by a Secret and Spooked by A Suspicion, are available online or can be ordered from your local bookstore.

Get more information about Risa Nyman and listen to her Boston accent on her website https://www.risanyman.com/

Or check out her Instagram @risanyman or Twitter @risanymantweet