Meet Queen, who drives a garbage truck in little Garnet, way out on the plains of West Texas. Tall and beautiful, Queen wonders what will become of her. What should have been a good life didn’t work out. Her cold husband locked her out of the house and dumped her boxes in front of the house with a note. She had few job skills. Yet like a tender plant after a terrible winter, she puts out roots and makes a life for herself. Her ex-brother-in-law gets her a job with the City of Garnet Solid Waste Disposal Department. Her boss and co-workers are all men, and they tell third-grade jokes all the time, but they’ve got her back. When Queen gets enough money to move into a little 1937 house, they help her move in. Even better, Queen gets to live across the street from her 87 year old grandmother, Betty Cope. Betty needs assistance with small, day to day things, and Queen is happy to help…unlike Betty’s three daughters, including Queen’s own mother Lila. Betty Cope’s sudden trip to the hospital throws Queen right up against Lila and her Aunt Reba, a rich, awful woman from Dallas. And while Queen struggles to stay serene, her mother and aunt do something unbelievable. It’s up to Queen to put things right.
Queen Serene
