The Faded Tapestry: A Collection of Short Stories - Couverture souple

Burkley, Christy

 
9781462046010: The Faded Tapestry: A Collection of Short Stories
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ISBN 10 : 1462046010 ISBN 13 : 9781462046010
Editeur : iUniverse, 2011

Synopsis

From a mysterious, fading, historical tapestry to a fish that speaks to a confused, grief-stricken boy, author Christy Burkley offers wickedly comical tales of eccentrics who collide with the limits of reality in The Faded Tapestry: A Collection of Short Stories. In "The Escape" an old woman must find a way out of her miserable existence. At first she thought that living with her forty-seven-year-old daughter Virginia in St. Louis, Missouri, would be better than a nursing home, but the brick apartment building where she now resides is no better than a prison cell. Her only wish is that she be buried in Tennessee, a wish that her daughter deems too expensive. "Mexican Invasion" tells the story of May Sanderson, a loyal cleaning lady for the well-to-do, charitable Mrs. Taylor. May begins to have doubts when Mrs. Taylor brings a Mexican family on board to help revive the farm. When something bad happens to one of the children, May isn't sure how to react. A compilation of eight fictional tales, The Faded Tapestry: A Collection of Short Stories presents casts of characters who come alive through their words and actions.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

From a mysterious, fading, historical tapestry to a fish that speaks to a confused, grief-stricken boy, author Christy Burkley offers wickedly comical tales of eccentrics who collide with the limits of reality in The Faded Tapestry: A Collection of Short Stories. In "The Escape" an old woman must find a way out of her miserable existence. At first she thought that living with her forty-seven-year-old daughter Virginia in St. Louis, Missouri, would be better than a nursing home, but the brick apartment building where she now resides is no better than a prison cell. Her only wish is that she be buried in Tennessee, a wish that her daughter deems too expensive. "Mexican Invasion" tells the story of May Sanderson, a loyal cleaning lady for the well-to-do, charitable Mrs. Taylor. May begins to have doubts when Mrs. Taylor brings a Mexican family on board to help revive the farm. When something bad happens to one of the children, May isn't sure how to react. A compilation of eight fictional tales, The Faded Tapestry: A Collection of Short Stories presents casts of characters who come alive through their words and actions.

Biographie de l'auteur

CHRISTY BURKLEY lives with her husband, two children, and a rescue bunny in St. Louis, Missouri. She is also the author of a psychological thriller, The Butterfly House.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1462046010
ISBN 13 
9781462046010
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
232
Coordonnées du fabricant
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ISBN 10 :  1462046029 ISBN 13 :  9781462046027
Editeur : iUniverse, 2011
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