Mars, The Band Man, and Sara Sue is a quirky look-back novel about a married, forty-something woman who finds herself in a mid-life crisis who can't stop thinking about the long-ago glory days. Sara Sue realizes her reality one day in her ordinary, mundane life, and it hits her like a ton of bricks. The humdrum is killing her, and Sara Sue wouldn't be at all surprised if her heart stopped from boredom one day. Just looking at her husband is more than she can bear most of the time. But she copes. Sara Sue has her own personal theme music that keeps her sane and a friend that lets her vent. Oh yes. She witnesses a murder somewhere along the way.