by maturid | Jul 23, 2008 | Fiction
I’m on a desperate (or should I say deliberate?) search for a piece of postmodern fiction that I might actually enjoy-unfortunately Mr. Clarke’s book isn’t it. The “heartbreaking hilarity” was a bit lost on me. Anyone remember Cher in...
by ta | Jul 18, 2008 | Fiction
Sometimes it’s the little things – the touch of a hand, a sudden change in plans – that set off a chain of life-changing events. In the days before 9/11, a stripper named April brings her daughter to work at the Puma Club for men because her...
by ta | Jul 15, 2008 | Fiction
Now, my friends, is the time to nurture your creative side. If you need an excuse let’s call it a “job responsibility” that comes with parenting, okay? Nurturing your own creative spirit will not only bring more peace, satisfaction and joy into your...
by ta | Jul 11, 2008 | Fiction
“Rosie and Abigail are like family,” Ina Merriweather used to say. That is, until the day Ina abruptly cast out her housekeeper, Rosie, and her fifteen-year-old daughter Abigail. Abigail felt deeply betrayed, especially by Ina’s daughter Lila, who was her closest...
by ta | Jul 10, 2008 | Fiction
Take a secret society, a hawk-tracking boy, a hummingbird in winter and plunk them down in a watermelon patch and you have the makings of a wonderful coming of age story. March Anne Tanner lives in Jubilee, GA with her brother, father and grandmother. At the change of...
by radguru | Jul 3, 2008 | Fiction
This is the second novel written by the author of The Lobster Chronicles, The Hungry Ocean and All Fishermen are Liars. The main character, Jane Bunker (introduced in Slipknot) continues her role as an investigator for a maritime insurance company. She finds herself...
