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The story of The Anarchist Banker takes place in a Lisbon café where the narrator...
Attempting to make sense of her life, and change her sad disposition
to a happy one,...
The Shining Fragments is a family saga about the Irish in Canada
that explores the ramifications...
Throughout human history, great and free nations have been built on noble dreams. Recently, in...
Myth, folklore, and magic permeate the stories in Marianne Micros' collection Eye. Set in ancient...
Part memoir of the author's early life--including his experience as a New York City cop...
Ramya, an immigrant from India, is nearing her 50th birthday. But there's no cause to cheer. Recently separated, and laid off from work as well, she feels lonely, alienated, and despondent. Then one day she chances upon a sandalwood box containing her cherished childhood treasures, and this triggers the need to review her present circumstances. In a bid to bring herself out of the quagmire of depression, she examines the relationships she has had--filial, marital, quasi-maternal, societal, professional, et al. Delving into her past, Ramya tries to find strength to reconstruct her future, to rediscover meaning and purpose. Written with...
"Ramya awakes, thinking of the small sandalwood chest that has been lying undisturbed for so many years on the topmost shelf of the closet in her spare bedroom. She turns on her side and squints at the clock. 7:25 AM. Ever since she was laid off from work, she's has... "
