A black man retrieves his family history from the jumble of papers
tenaciously guarded by an aged white cousin. Low income residents
of an inner city apartment house rescue Santa from a balky
elevator. Black widow spiders exact revenge on a conniving maid. A
pet pig turns a young girl's life inside out. Spectacles left in an
ancient Spanish cathedral arouse the saints. A difficult personal
decision draws a teenager and her mother closer together. And,
guests at an old plantation lick marmalade off sticky fingers as
they listen to their hostess recount the tale of a young mother's
burial alive. A quiet corner, a comfy chair by a crackling fire,
and these stories. Bitter-sweet. To be sampled slowly for they
linger on the tongue. Each of these stories highlights the elusive
connections between past and present, dreams and waking, the
visible and the invisible. Elizabeth Muldrow gathers up these
mysteries and dissects them to reveal gentle--and sometimes not so
gentle--truths that are both startling and inspiring. ELIZABETH
MULDROW says of retirement that it frees one.to be busy. In her
case to write and to travel. The stories in this collection grow
out of her recent wanderings, in Spain, in the South of her
husband's heritage, the Northeast of her own childhood and the
Midwest of her first ventures into the wider world. Professionally
Muldrow has taught social studies and English language arts in
Pennsylvania, Ethiopia, and Colorado. An ordained Presbyterian
clergywoman she has designed bi-lingual curricula for remote tribal
schools, written for denominational journals, served on regional
and national committees and resourced gatherings nation wide.
General
Imprint: |
Sunstone Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
August 2004 |
First published: |
August 2004 |
Authors: |
Elizabeth Smith Muldrow
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
|
Pages: |
172 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-86534-434-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Special features >
Short stories
|
LSN: |
0-86534-434-5 |
Barcode: |
9780865344341 |
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