The sign on the Calcutta train station platform warned, incredibly, "NO Sleeping Between the Rails " But it was too late. Carroll had already done that, and would again. She couldn't help it. "Sleeping Between the Rails: A Woman's Odyssey" traces a young New Orleanian's two interwoven journeys--external and internal. Both begin with her passion to know the world and to live an uncommon life. It is 1967. Enticed by a former boyfriend's romantic promise, she sails on a freighter to meet him in Spain. Without a scheme for survival, almost no money, and led only by the prevailing winds, the...
The sign on the Calcutta train station platform warned, incredibly, "NO Sleeping Between the Rails " But it was too late. Carroll had already done tha...
Where do smiles come from and where do they go when we can't see them? We find out together with young Joy, in this whimsical tale told in rhyme from beginning to end. When Joy's smile suddenly disappears, she turns to her Wizard friend for help in finding it. Inside his cheery house, bells and thing-a-ma-bobs are everywhere, but it's the magical Thing-Matter-Ma-Peep that helps the Wizard to see Joy's problem. He then sends her on a quirky quest to recover her smile. As she makes discoveries on this journey, children will easily make some of their own.
Where do smiles come from and where do they go when we can't see them? We find out together with young Joy, in this whimsical tale told in rhyme from ...
