The author presents a baker's dozen intriguing stories along with a promise to transport the reader to other places, other times. Here are excerpts from from Mary Magdalene's memoir of her childhood, the story of an uncompromising man with no friends in the world, central American native ritual, star crossed lovers in eighteenth century France, an aspiring magician, a letter from Sarah to Hagar after she and Isaac have been banished to Paran, ancient ceremony from the British Isles, a grieving Native American mother who has lost her child, a look at future religious belief and a leap even...

Chaudet turns her talent for nonsense verse to the animals of Africa for a humorous look at the wildlife that roams the continent--lion, cheetah, hyena, elephant, gorilla, wildebeest, zebra, crocodile, impala, and more.