An elderly Russian ballerina who defected to the west decides to put her jewels on auction. She thinks to put her demons to rest, but instead, the repercussions bring her past vividly alive.A professor, adopted as an infant, inherited an amber necklace from his true birth parents. He once approac...
Balancing her way through composing, conducting, salsa dancing, and the parallel interpretations that can be applied relationships, Daphne Kalotay creates an amazing "performance" of walking readers through a masterpiece. Involving parenthood, classical music, literal sight reading of music, lif...
CalamityNovember 18, 2009 in Of books | Leave a commentHas been a while since i read an anthology of short stories.Picked this up at a warehouse sale cos the cover looks deceivingly simple. Just a muffin on a clean white plate on a wooden tabletop. Ordinary, neat… yet subtly enticing. And more im...
Her mission this fine autumn day was both mundane and momentous: she must buy a training bra for Jessie. Fetching her at Hazel’s the other day, watching her sling her massive backpack over her shoulder, Remy had noted with ridiculous shock the new heaviness there, the fain...