Three sisters haven't spoken a word to each other in years. when Miriam Foster accuses her younger sister, Phoebe, of killing their mother, the battle is on. She knows Phoebe got away with murder and she refuses to accept her sister's behavior as normal. Ever-pleasing Callie tries to keep the peace between her sisters. She's used to being in the middle of the constant battles and now, with a husband and four children, she is better than ever at problem solving. But even Callie can't ignore it when Phoebe makes a play for her husband. Doesn't her sister have plenty of husbands - make that...
Three sisters haven't spoken a word to each other in years. when Miriam Foster accuses her younger sister, Phoebe, of killing their mother, the battle...
In 1923 fourteen-year-old Perfecta Trujillo makes the decision she won't be perfect any more. After she stands up to her father, the sheriff of Tierra Amarilla, she is sure she made the right decision. But what now? Her mother never leaves the rocking chair at the front window and her father ignores her. Surely even their harsh Catholic God doesn't think that dancing, smiling and laughing are sins? But even Perfecta knows that falling in love with the blue-eyed Presbyterian, Isaac Martinez, is a sin. When Isaac leaves for California she promises to wait for him. Has she escaped one prison...
In 1923 fourteen-year-old Perfecta Trujillo makes the decision she won't be perfect any more. After she stands up to her father, the sheriff of Tierra...
Traditional Definition of Morbid: Interest in the bizarre, unhealthy preoccupation with death and disease, and disturbing subjects. New Definition of Morbid: The thoughts we harbor and never act on that make us depressed, fall into debt, abuse substances, drink, lie and cheat. Robin Martinez Rice gives life to the definition: not in the direction of blood splatter (although there are a few guns) or the paranormal (there is a ghost or two) or even death (plenty of that in these tales), but into the heart of human emotions. Thirteen tales of beings who are not so constrained.
Traditional Definition of Morbid: Interest in the bizarre, unhealthy preoccupation with death and disease, and disturbing subjects. New Definition of ...