Saint Catherine's Baby - Stories
Author | : Gabriel Constans |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2010-05-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780557374311 |
ISBN-13 | : 0557374316 |
Rating | : 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: An eclectic collection of short stories that include Ruthie and her obstinate elderly student from Germany (The English Lesson); Stephanie, who waits for the unorthodox return of her deceased father (Dressed In Black); Walter O'Brien, who discovers a young couple and their child in an abandoned monastery on the West Coast of Ireland (St. Catherine's Baby); Shannon, on the run at a shoe store in Chicago (Sizing Up Shannon); Jacque, meeting Rosalita's shocked parents in New Mexico (Framed); and Joshua Johnson, a school custodian whose mother may have interfered in his love life for the last time (The Sweetest Man).