Jennifer Archer

Jennifer Archer writes women’s fiction, romance, and fiction across age groups, often using family change as the pressure that reveals character. Sandwiched, published by Harlequin in 2005, centers on counselor CiCi Dupree as she manages demands from both an aging parent and a teenage daughter while her marriage is ending. The title refers to the “sandwich generation,” people caring for relatives on either side of their own adulthood. Archer balances the strain with comic domestic detail, including a prize bulldog and the habits each generation brings into a crowded household. Sandwiched uses several women’s perspectives, an approach reinforced in the audio edition through three narrators. The novel appeared in Harlequin’s Next line. Archer’s broader bibliography moves between contemporary family fiction and teen supernatural stories, but this book stays focused on caregiving, identity, and the difficulty of making room for personal change. Its humor comes from recognition rather than escape, allowing ordinary household conflicts to carry the plot.