The] hope that order and meaning will emerge from chaos, that new possibilities will rise from what seems intractable, is often reflected in this special collection . . . In all, we enjoy the deft touch, the grace of curiosity, and, above all, the love of word following word.
―Joseph Mancini, Jr., Ph.D.

. . . A beautiful Bulgarian-born mother flees her past to become a pilot in America. . . A child discovers why her glamorous mother with a dark past . . . has made her unacceptable to her new family. Buried memories of an abusive father, his "surges of creativity and his fury."...