Marlene Baird

Minnie and the Manatees Marlene Baird

Fifty-seven-year-old Minnie Zuccarelli has always been a law-abiding citizen. But whenMinnie sees a callous neighbor, Jimmy Simm, endangera manatee and her baby, her fighting instincts are aroused. At three o'clock in the morning she creeps alongthe waterway toward Simm's boat, with a knife in herpocket. The consequences of her rash act are not what she expects, and Minniebegins to fear the moment the police will arrive at her door. Further complicating her life, Minnie is attracted to a man who is keeping an astounding secret. Bothsituations jolt Minnie from the lethargy which she slid into after her divorce,and she learns that a life without risks is only half a life.