Half the Lemon: A Novella

"RADICAL... [Noyes's writing] IS SO NOT CONTAINED." - Gail Walter, editor of Politically Speaking In the icy suburbs of Minnesota, everything is not as it seems... In 1970, state troopers raid a tiny corner store in Northeast Minneapolis. In the scandal that follows, a bright-eyed young father named Dmitri Petrov seizes the property, hell-bent on growing it into a culinary empire. Forty years later, Petrov's estranged daughter Cassandra Larson lives happily with her husband and adorable twin babies — a new life, an escape, built in the shadow of her father's legacy. She believes she left it all behind. That is... until the crisis of faith that brings to the surface all the secrets and demons Cassandra worked so hard to hide. A bite-sized debut from a talented new voice in fiction, Half the Lemon is a deeply psychological family drama that haunts you long after the last page. --- "INSPIRING... I’ve bookmarked [Noyes's writing] so I can reread when I need motivation or inspiration!" -- Nadège, editor of Feminist Optimist Junkie "You had me at Russian immigrant buys Italian deli in Minneapolis. I want to go there, and feel like I just did." -- Dr. Terry Barr, author