Here is a collection of short stories with widely ranging subjects and emotions: from the whimsical recollections of a pre-teen about her mother's family in "Para Lollie con Amor," to the sombre musings of a woman whose guilty love for her mother conflicts with the reality of a nursing home. In between are stories about the loss of a child, alcoholism, rape, a ten year old's account of his dysfunctional family and life in New York City seen through the eyes of a romantic seventeen year old. To complete the collection is a series of sketches -- slices of life about war, the sixties, love and exotic connections to past civilizations.
Sixty-seven days after departing Flores Island in Europe’s westernmost waters, the schooner Heimdall and her stalwart crew has finally arrived at the mysterious Isla Socorro in the Revillagigedo Archipelagoes. The discoveries they make are astounding
Ireland 1945. Florence Kite finds a letter and her whole world crumbles. Marcus Fanning was her real father. But twenty-five years ago, Marcus Fanning vanished off the face of the earth.
