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Holly Caster writes an entertainment column for The Nyack Villager, has written dozens of articles for employee assistance websites, and is the Editor of two journals devoted to pain management education. She is hard at work on her next novel Anne/Island/Whales. She lives in the lower Hudson Valley Region with her playwright husband Tom Dudzick and their two cats Alfie and Bill.
Holly knew in 9th grade she wanted to be a writer after receiving an A+ on a paper about 1930’s actress Irene Dunne. That early triumphant high hooked her, and she’s been writing ever since. She grew up in an apartment full of books, with a mother who read more than cooked, a father who wrote for a living, and a sister who grew up to write for a living. She married a successful playwright, and gave birth to two children who grew up and are writers. Her earliest memories involve Dick & Jane, red and blue fish, magical wardrobes, and Captain Nemo’s submarine. She watched stories in her head and eventually wrote them down. Holly spends too much time watching films, from the 1930s through the present, would rather be in an art museum than almost anywhere, and would consider her perfect day spent in a European café with coffee and a book, resting her feet after being dazzled by Kandinski. She writes in her almost nonexistent free time, and considers herself blessed to work with words, whether her own or someone else’s.
Reviewed by Michelle Stanley for Readers' Favorite
Cape May is a women’s fiction novel by Holly Caster. Fifty-nine-year-old Joanna Matthews feels her job and life are too predictable and dismal, and she craves a change. She decides to make her dream of owning a bed and breakfast in Cape May a reality. Her husband Brian reluctantly agrees to the move and Joanna takes a bus to Cape May to go house hunting over the weekend. She meets Michael Leighton, who shows her around the town, and falls in love with him. Joanna returns home in an irritable mood, reflecting on her marriage, but still determined to follow her dream of owning a guesthouse. Brian notices Joanna’s mood, but how can she confess to a man she has been married to for over twenty years that she is in love, but not with him?
It is not often that I read romance novels featuring characters over the age of fifty, so I was curious to see how it played out. Cape May is a beautifully crafted story by Holly Caster, who wrote it specifically for older adults. She has demonstrated that love does not have an age restriction, and romance is not only for the young but for the older generation too. The story was a poignant one which saw its main character, Joanna, stifling in the monotonous routine she has known for years while others around her feel comfortable. It had a very realistic, appealing theme in a lovely seaside setting. Cape May is a women’s fiction novel that is well worth reading.
