The Weight of Air: A Novel

“The Weight of Air is both internment and release.” — April D. Jordan Mainstream fiction teased with suspense and mystery, The Weight of Air is a provocative thrill-ride seasoned with unanticipated and wrenching circumstances. Walking home from school, Avery Jolen’s tiny first-grade legs clumsily stumble as her eyes fall upon the frail and peculiar neighbor-lady face down in the snow. This image of death will cling to Avery for much of her life, setting in motion an imperfect balance between madness and sanity when she discovers a series of omniscient letters addressed to her. Time, a salve, brings Avery an unexpected new love when she meets a mysterious photographer at a rest-stop. Working as an art curator in SoHo, Avery is disconcerted when she finds herself staring into the eyes of the long-expired neighbor-lady in a collage of photographs this artist has procured.