Alumni Affairs

Anna Haswell returns to St. Bonaventure College with one goal in mind: finish her thesis and make the leap from a series of part-time jobs to a full-time career, whatever that may be. But first she has to reunite her friends for a reunion performance, make peace with a former boyfriend, and figure out how to appease a micro-managing boss.

Headliner Denny Walters, a comedian who found fame in a sleeper movie, may be losing his grip on reality but not his ability to provoke Laura Carper Wilson, a real estate agent whose ambitions exceed the limited charms of bucolic Bluff View, Wisconsin. While Sheila Harris dearly loves her children, she hasn’t seen her waist in five years and longs to perform in front of an audience beyond the story time crowd.

Anna tries to curtail Denny’s erratic zeal, anticipate Laura’s backstabbing, and appreciate Sheila’s earth mother moments as she welcomes the attention of handsome board member Dr. Stephen Grunewald.

When a valuable painting disappears from the college art museum, Anna finds herself uniquely qualified to search for answers, starting with the donor, wealthy alumna Madame Girard.

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