Amazon Connie Claire Szarke Itasca Books Heron Bay Publishing Category:  Literary Fiction Publisher: Heron Bay Publishing ISBN-10:  098853634X Type: Fiction Pages: 274 Copyright: June 1, 2016 ISBN-13: 9780988536340 Trilogy - Third novel in the Callie Lindstrom series, following Delicate Armor & A Stone for Amer. Callandra Mae Lindstrom, a once feisty girl grown into a promising young woman, approaches her middle years altered by an abusive marriage. While coming to terms with her own struggles, she reflects on the lives of others, including former residents of Masterton, her captivating hometown in the Upper Midwest. “Callie Lindstrom expresses remarkable empathy and insight in telling the stories of troubled others,” said Joe Paddock, poet and author of Circle of Stones. “...beautifully detailed, soulful work.” The ways in which these people survived or succumbed to their own painful experiences serve as critical lessons, helping Callie to get on in the world as she alternately stumbles and dances through this part of her life. Excerpt "The apple cannot be stuck back on the Tree of Knowledge;once we begin to see,we are doomed and challenged to seek the strength to see more, not less." —Arthur Miller

Lady in the Moon
“Carrying her own psychic wounds with a feisty grace, Szarke’s Callie Lindstrom expresses remarkable empathy and insight in telling the stories of troubled others in her life. This beautifully detailed, soulful work is a touch gritty and a touch angry over insensitivity and unfairness in the world it describes. And yet there is as well an underlying love for people and place in these stories, and a sort of joy emergent through the depth and honesty in Szarke’s telling of them.”
—Joe Paddock, poet, oral historian, author of Circle of Stones


Lady in the Moon
“Of all the writers I know, few possess more discipline and commitment to the craft than Connie Szarke. That dedication is apparent in all of her writing but especially so in her delicately drawn characters. She obviously loves her main character, Callie, now grown up since Delicate Armor, and you’ll love her too.”
—Stephen Wilbers, author, columnist, and writing instructor


Delicate Armor
“I took my time reading Delicate Armor because the book was like a friend and I didn’t want our relationship to end!”
—Debbie Pea

“…I think [of] the line in her book ‘Keep in mind, once you turn your back on a place, you have no choice but to look forward. That is unless you want to stew in your own juices, pining for a past that’s impossible to hold onto.’ Thank you…for writing this wonderful book. I look forward to you writing more!”
—Diana Persig