Ruby Reese is a spunky kid, tap-dancing her way through an off-kilter 1950s childhood and even more uneven adulthood. As Ruby struggles to learn from her history, her wonderfully genuine voice shows her to be a remarkably resilient woman.
Ruby Reese is a spunky kid, tap-dancing her way through an off-kilter 1950s childhood and even more uneven adulthood. As Ruby struggles to learn from ...
In these skillfully interconnected stories, Pritchard presents women and men whose lives have been influenced by Bob Dylan and Vietnam, childhood accidents, and family mysteries. Throughout this lively collection, Pritchard illuminates defining moments with a playful but knowing wit.
In these skillfully interconnected stories, Pritchard presents women and men whose lives have been influenced by Bob Dylan and Vietnam, childhood acci...
So there was all that: the ordinary twill of life; the ho-hum sturm und drang of the workplace: the ubiquitous absurdities, the annoying co-workers, the bloody deadlines and even bloodier bottom lines; the bland, eternal, Sisyphean, absolute, unrelenting, surreal certainty of the day-in-and-day-out of it all. Life as a slice of white bread, moistened with spit and rolled into a messy glob, a doughy ball that couldn't make the slightest dent in the iron gates of life.
But then, suddenly, on August 27, 2002, all that changed. Suddenly, Rae-Jean's uneventful life began to...
So there was all that: the ordinary twill of life; the ho-hum sturm und drang of the workplace: the ubiquitous absurdities, the annoying co-work...