Some time ago, I was watching a newsmagazine interview
with
dozens of widows who had lost their husbands on 9/11. One
of them mentioned dialing her husband's cell phone even
after she knew he was gone, just so she could hear his
voice on the outgoing message. That not only had me in
tears, but it immediately sparked an idea in this writer's
brain: what if a widow kept calling her dead husband's
voice mail...and one day, he answered?
That's exactly what happens to down-and-out Long Island mom
Annie Harlowe in HELLO, IT'S ME. To her shock, she's able
to reach her husband Andre via telephone somewhere in the
Great Beyond-just as she finds herself falling for wealthy
Hamptonite Thom Brannock. Throw in two lovable children, a
pair of quirky pals, a bevy of bossy blue bloods, a missing
centuries-old buried treasure chest, and a looming
hurricane, and you've got a ghostly romantic comedy with
unexpected heart and soul.