What Happens on Sunday

By Laurie Koozer

In Pittsburgh, what happens on football Sundays is more than just a game and for six women during the 2005 Steelers season their complicated relationships with the team provides solace, distraction and occasionally frustration.

Jen is a very young and very pregnant newlywed who worries that getting married on the same day as a Steelers loss will doom her marriage.

Megan never met a tailgate or a man she couldn’t conquer but is scared of losing her best friend to a relationship.

Desiree is a brash professional struggling to deal with her husband’s ex-wife and children and beginning to wonder if it’s the right time to start a family of her own.

Angela is a high school senior long ago branded bad luck for the Steelers and all she wants to do is get the hell out of Pittsburgh even if it means leaving behind her best friend Robbie.

Patty, a mom who sends a pair of sexy panties to a different player every week, hasn’t been on a date since her divorce five years ago.

And then there’s Shannon, she’s thirty-four and single. She spends the majority of her days navigating Pittsburgh traffic and her evenings tending bar and pining after her sister’s boyfriend.

As the Steelers make what seems to be an impossible run to the Super Bowl, their lives will intersect, each of them finding connections in the most unexpected places.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Laurie Koozer
• Release date: Aug 14, 2012

Laurie Koozer

Laurie Koozer is a writer, Steelers fan, mom and wife living in lovely Pittsburgh, PA. She holds an MFA in Fiction from the University of Pittsburgh and her stories have previously appeared in Storyglossia, Stymie Magazine, The Fourth River, Open Thread Regional Review and The Holiday Cafe. Laurie enjoys all things Pittsburgh, fall festivals, good beer and Sunday brunch. What Happens on Sunday is her first novel.

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