Prose: A Short Story Collection

There's a randomness and whimsy to this collection, and anyone familiar with Linda, will expect exactly that. It is also represented in the cover art?a zentangle, aptly name `Goldfish in the Garden?. Prose begins at a nurses? reunion where the usual entertainments for these kinds of events slip away as Pathfinder Robyn astounds the normally unflappable Marilyn, and the rest of the group, with a tale as disjointed as ever was told. A difficult childhood and fascinating life, related with warmth and received with hilarity. Monica is voted Google-On-Legs for her encyclopaedic knowledge of life?s goings on.A boy learns the beauty of the legacy of his great-uncles, Cec, Cliff and Gordon, the digger he was named after, who died a few days before he was born. A patient Indian Postmaster goes to great lengths to explain the parcel post system to an insistent customer. Jenny grieves a son on Mother?s Day. An almost-brother disappears from a young girl?s life, and is mourned until adulthood brings answers. There?s an aunt with deep love pockets, two young women share the secret of #metoo.Linda steps into a Jane Austen world and is maid for an elegant mansion in the leafy upper-crust Sydney?s North Shore and learns that the rules for the help haven?t changed much. In spite of his best intentions, an angry man becomes like his brutal father. A top-lofty son is embarrassed by his gentle mother's dementia and receives a lesson in grace. A vigilante tenant prunes a hedge and the neighbourhood is not amused. Brooks shares her award winning stories in this collection.

• | Author: Linda Brooks
• | Publisher: Linda Ruth Brooks
• | Publication Date: Mar 09, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 160 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Literary Collections
• | ISBN-10: 0648286975
• | ISBN-13: 9780648286974