Freemont Digs

In 1969, Mia Carlson wants what most girls at 18 are looking for, independence. After a whirlwind trip to California, she returns to Minneapolis and lands an office job. Her co-workers provide a surprising cast of characters that will win your heart. Renting an upper duplex, she is faced with an eclectic combination of roommates that will leave you laughing and wanting more. Freemont Digs is a feel good story, reminiscent of the past with the social angst that still holds true today.

After graduating in 1969, Mia Carlson plunges in to her independent life. Returning to Minnesota after a trip to the West Coast hardly prepared her for what was to come. She lands an office job in a prestigious department store in downtown Minneapolis. Her five co-workers, with their colorful personalities and anecdotes, will win your heart. Needing a place in the city to live, she moves into the upstairs of an old stucco duplex, owned by a Synagogue. Rented in a dormitory fashion, it allows her no control of whom she may cohabitate with. Starting with Bambi (Pregnant and preparing for her wedding to a guy Mia knows all too well), then “The Jackal” (A nymphomaniac in search of love, with a black book she is willing to share), and last but not least, Phyllis (A forty something older women with a son doing time in the state penitentiary). Freemont Digs is a feel good story, reminiscent of the past with the social angst that still holds true today.

Veronica Horton was raised in a middleclass family, growing up rural Minnesota. The fourth child in a family of six didn’t exactly make her the middle child, but gave her an opportunity to be more of an observer than participant. Over the years she has honed her craft, writing poetry and short stories for friends and family. Having worked and held various volunteer positions and speaking engagements with the American Heart Association, and other agencies working with the public, gave her fuel for her passion of writing and creating characters that everyone can relate to. Welcome to her first novel. (Listen to one of Veronica’s stories at NPR.org pod cast: January 23, 2012 “Tap Dancing to Sixteen Tons”)