Montpelier, VT Author Publishes New Book

Stopping Inertia, a new book by Gayle Schliemann, has been released by RoseDog Books.

When a baby is born a complete surprise to her parents, particularly her father, who is only days away from retirement, Henderson and Rebecca Sampson do the bare minimum to care for their daughter. Their lack of safety precautions sends the baby flying from their car when her father swerves to miss the family's cat.

Found in the woods by a beautiful recluse, Grace, who has a tortured past and an unrequited secret, the baby is named Inertia, and Grace cares for her as if she is her own, aided by a friend, Betty Anne.

Twenty years later, only weeks away from her college graduation, Inertia receives a call from "Aunt Betty" informing her that Grace's life rests on Inertia's shoulders. Sifting through her mother's past, she finds an old journal detailing Grace's intense romantic affair with a thieving gypsy performer named Reynaldo, which resulted in an extraordinary curse that continues to threaten her. Inertia must quickly save her mother and all of those around her, including Gina, Inertia's new best friend.

Set against the backdrop of Saddle Mountain, Stopping Inertia takes us on a journey through the past and into the world of gypsies, circus performers, and unanswered love. It values the bounds of friendship and questions our perception of true love and true parentage.

Born in Arlington, Virginia, Gayle Schliemann graduated with a BFA in Theatre Performance from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1995. Stopping Inertia is Gayle's debut novel. She attributes the book's fruition to being a metropolitan transplant and learning to adapt to small-town living. Gayle continues to write new adventures for Inertia.

Gayle started writing for fun as a way to manage the realities of her crazy life, satisfy her inquisitive nature, cure her insomnia, and come to terms with the loss of a parent. She currently lives in Montpelier, Vermont.

Stopping Inertia is a 392-page paperback with a retail price of $16.00. The ISBN is 978-1-4349-8402-9. RoseDog Books of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania published it. For more information or to request a review copy, please visit our virtual pressroom at www.rosedog.com/pressroom or our online bookstore at www.rosedogbookstore.com