Closing The Circle: Narratives Of A Nonagenarian

This is the second collection of short stories by Anne ?Bunty? Loucks. It is sure to intrigue readers with such subjects as illegitimate births, wartime romances, family secrets, murder, suicide, and triumph over adversity. Set predominantly in Montreal, Canada, in the first half of the last century, and moving forward from her first book, Flotsam and Jetsam: A Chronicle of Colourful Characters I Have Known, this set of prose recounts in lively detail life as lived by an interesting array of characters through nine decades of a changing society, including two world wars and the decline of much of the social structure around which their lives were built. Rapid technological advances during those years, from wireless radio to wireless internet, combined with crumbling institutions like organized religion and respect for authority, provide an interesting backdrop for these tales. Her stories involve ordinary people caught up in the swirl of this changing world, dealing with the universal themes family conflict, ambition, greed, jealousy, revenge, and fate. As in real life, the old, the young, and those in between are all represented here. Although set mostly in and around Montreal, the stories also take us to Dublin, Liverpool, the Scottish seaside and to small-town Canada. Wherever they find themselves, Bunty's characters cope with life's ups and downs as best they can. With intellect and humour, the author has mixed historical accuracy with fiction and, with her acute memory of chance encounters, delivers a well-crafted writing style. Readers will be transported back to a different era, as they reflect on their own lives through the tumultuous and exhilarating twentieth century.

• | Author: Anne "Bunty" Loucks
• | Publisher: Preserving The Past, Llc
• | Publication Date: Oct 18, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 134 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Humor
• | ISBN-10: 0996611312
• | ISBN-13: 9780996611312